Personality vs Personate - What's the difference?
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A set of qualities that make a person (or thing) distinct from another.
* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 An assumed role or manner of behavior.
A celebrity.
Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
* 1959 , Lloyd Price, “Personality”:
Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
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* 1905 , ,
(legal) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
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
As a noun personality
is a set of qualities that make a person (or thing) distinct from another.As a verb personate is
to fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.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.personality
English
Noun
(personalities)- Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground.
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- But over and over / I´ll be a fool for you / 'cause you got personality .
- Sharp personalities were exchanged.
- Perceiving that personalities were not out of order, I asked him what species of beast had long ago twisted and mutilated his left ear.
- (Burrill)
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* addictive personality * borderline personality disorder * multiple personalities * subpersonalityReferences
Anagrams
*personate
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.