different between imposture vs impersonate

English

Etymology

From Middle French imposture, from Late Latin impostura, Latin impostus

Noun

imposture (plural impostures)

1. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition
   • 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 292-293:

     There is something very horrible in the laugh of a dying man: Hovering on the verge of both worlds, he seems to give the lie to both, and proclaim the enjoyments of one, and the hopes of another, alike an imposture.

   Synonym: cheating

Translations

References

• imposture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• imposture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• simper out

French

Noun

imposture f (plural impostures)

1. imposture

Further reading

• “imposture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

imposture f

1. plural of impostura

Anagrams

• stupiremo

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