Personified vs Impersonated - What's the difference?
personified | impersonated |
(personify)
To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
To create a representation of an abstract quality in the form of a literary character.
(impersonate)
To pretend to be (a different person), to assume the identity of.
(obsolete) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
As verbs the difference between personified and impersonated
is that personified is (personify) while impersonated is (impersonate).personified
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(head)personify
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Verb
(en-verb)- Mozart could be said to personify the idea of a musical genius.
- The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper.
impersonated
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(head)Anagrams
*impersonate
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(en-verb)- The conman managed to impersonate several executives.