Impersonate vs. Personate
Difference Between Impersonate and Personate
Impersonateverb
(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.
The conman managed to impersonate several executives.Evil can and will always impersonate goodness.Personateverb
(transitive) To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.
Impersonateverb
To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
Personateverb
(transitive) To portray a character (as in a play); to act.
Impersonateverb
To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
Personateverb
(transitive) To attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify.
Impersonateverb
assume or act the character of;
She impersonates MadonnaThe actor portrays an elderly, lonely manPersonateverb
(transitive) To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
Impersonateverb
represent another person with comic intentions
Personateverb
To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.
Impersonateverb
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions;
She posed as the Czar's daughterPersonateadjective
Having the throat of a corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip (in a way reminiscent of a mask), as in the flower of the snapdragon.
Personateverb
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions;
She posed as the Czar's daughterPersonateverb
attribute human qualities to something;
The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
