Impersonate vs. Personate

Impersonate vs. Personate — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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Impersonateverb

assume or act the character of;

She impersonates MadonnaThe actor portrays an elderly, lonely man

Personateverb

(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 daughter

Personateadjective

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.

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Personateverb

pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions;

She posed as the Czar's daughter

Personateverb

attribute human qualities to something;

The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous