different between impersonate vs personage

English

Etymology

From im- +? person +? -ate. Compare incorporate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p??s?ne?t/

Verb

impersonate (third-person singular simple present impersonates, present participle impersonating, simple past and past participle impersonated)

1. (transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.

   Synonym: personate

2. (transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.

   Synonyms: embody, impersonize

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• permeations

Italian

Verb

impersonate

1. second-person plural present of impersonare
2. second-person plural imperative of impersonare

Verb

impersonate f pl

1. feminine plural past participle of impersonare

Anagrams

• presentiamo

English

Etymology

From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?s?n?d??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??s?n?d??/
• Hyphenation: per?son?age

Noun

personage (plural personages)

1. A person, especially one who is famous or important.
   • 1872, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, page 230:

     I can only say they have been in pretty close conversation several times of late, and, if I dared to think it of so very calm and dignified a personage, I should say that her color was a little heightened after one or more of these interviews.

2. The creation of corporate persons named after living people. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. Character represented; external appearance; persona.

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• one-pagers

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French personnage.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: per?so?na?ge

Noun

personage n (plural personages)

1. Character in a work of fiction.