What is the difference between impersonate and personate?
impersonate | personate |
To pretend to be (a different person), to assume the identity of.
(obsolete) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
to fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate
to portray a character (as in a play); to act
to attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify
To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
* Milton
(botany) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.
(obsolete) To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.
* Milton
Personate is a synonym of impersonate.
In transitive terms the difference between impersonate and personate
is that impersonate is to pretend to be (a different person), to assume the identity of while personate is to set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.In obsolete transitive terms the difference between impersonate and personate
is that impersonate is to manifest in corporeal form; to personify while personate is to celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.As an adjective personate is
having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.impersonate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- The conman managed to impersonate several executives.
Synonyms
* (assume identity of) personate * (manifest in corporeal form) embodyDerived terms
* impersonation * impersonatorpersonate
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Verb
(personat)- (Shakespeare)
- a personated mate
Adjective
(en adjective)Etymology 2
(etyl) (lena) .Verb
(personat)- In fable, hymn, or song so personating / Their gods ridiculous.
