different between personification vs personify

English

Etymology

person(ify) +? -ification.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

personification (countable and uncountable, plural personifications)

1. A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.

   Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.

2. A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.

   The writer used personification to convey her ideas.

3. An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human

   The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.

See also

• anthropomorphism
• humanization

Translations

English

Etymology

From French personnifier; equivalent to person +? -ify or persona +? -ify.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?(?)?s?n?fa?/

Verb

personify (third-person singular simple present personifies, present participle personifying, simple past and past participle personified)

1. (transitive) To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.

   Mozart could be said to personify musical genius.

2. (transitive) To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or [[persona.

   The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper.

Related terms

• personification

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