Anthropomorphism vs. Anthropopathism — What's the Difference?

Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology.Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions, and natural forces, such as seasons and weather.

Anthropopathism (from Greek ἄνθρωπος anthropos, "human" and πάθος pathos, "suffering") is the attribution of human emotions, or the ascription of human feelings or passions to a non-human being, generally to a deity. By comparison, the term anthropomorphism originally referred to the attribution of human form to a non-human being, but in modern usage anthropomorphism has come to encompass both meanings.

Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.

Attribution of human feelings to things not human, such as inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.

The attribution of human characteristics and behavior to something not human.

Anthropopathy

(theology) The attribution of human characteristics to divine beings.

The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity.

The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

The ascription of human characteristics to things not human.

The representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits