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Impersonate vs Personage - What's the difference?

impersonate | personage |

As a verb impersonate

is to pretend to be (a different person), to assume the identity of.

As a noun personage is

a famous or important person.

impersonate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To pretend to be (a different person), to assume the identity of.
    • The conman managed to impersonate several executives.
  • (obsolete) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.

    • Synonyms

    * (assume identity of) personate * (manifest in corporeal form) embody

    Derived terms

    * impersonation * impersonator

    personage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A famous or important person.
  • * 1872 , , The Poet at the Breakfast-Table , page 230:
    • I can only say they have been in pretty close conversation several times of late, and, if I dared to think it of so very calm and dignified a personage , I should say that her color was a little heightened after one or more of these interviews.

    Usage notes

    * In modern use, the noun personage is typically used with a partially redundant adjective, such as "notable" or "great"; as such, it may fairly be said to mean simply "person".