What's with these sentences? What is it?

Looking for a word that means depicting something as dangerous.
Looking for a word that means to depict something as being dangerous.

Looking for a word that means depicting something as fluffy.
Looking for a word that means to depict something as being fluffy.

Looking for a word that means depicting something as rough.
Looking for a word that means to depict something as being rough.

Each time I look at the question one way or the other I think it is odd, just odd.