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Portrayal vs Portrayer - What's the difference?

portrayal | portrayer |

As nouns the difference between portrayal and portrayer

is that portrayal is the act of portraying while portrayer is agent noun of portray; one who portrays.

portrayal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of portraying.
  • The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
  • * 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
    • He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...
  • * 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste
    • For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.

    portrayer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of portray; one who portrays.
    • English agent nouns