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Personification vs Allusion - What's the difference?

personification | allusion |

As nouns the difference between personification and allusion

is that personification is a person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification while allusion is allusion.

personification

English

(wikipedia personification)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
    • Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.
  • A figure of speech,in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
    • The writer used personification to convey her ideas.
  • An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human
    • The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.

    allusion

    English

    (wikipedia allusion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication.