play the part

act as if act as though bluff counterfeit dream enact fake fantasize feign fool imagine let on like make as if play play-act playact pretend simulate

live reality

bluff fake feign invent let on like make up play possum pose pretend simulate

mean perform produce serve serve as show speak for

be betoken body copy embody enact epitomize equal equate exemplify exhibit express factor imitate impersonate personify reproduce stage substitute typify

act as act as broker act for act in place of appear as assume the role of be agent for be attorney for be proxy for buy for correspond to do business for emblematize hold office put on sell for stand for steward

refuse

be original differ imbalance oppose reverse stop