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Impersonate vs Personifies - What's the difference?

impersonate | personifies |

As verbs the difference between impersonate and personifies

is that impersonate is to pretend to be (a different person), to assume the identity of while personifies is third-person singular of personify.

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

    personifies

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (personify)

    • personify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
    • Mozart could be said to personify the idea of a musical genius.
  • To create a representation of an abstract quality in the form of a literary character.
    • The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper.

    Related terms

    * personification