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Personification vs Anthropomorphize - What's the difference?

personification | anthropomorphize |

As a noun personification

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

As a verb anthropomorphize is

to endow with human qualities.

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.

    anthropomorphize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * anthropomorphise (non-Oxford British spelling)

    Verb

  • To endow with human qualities.
  • To attribute human characteristics to something that is non-human.

    • Related terms

    * anthropomorphic * anthropomorphically * anthropomorphism * anthropomorphization