Appearance vs. Personality — What's the Difference?

The way that someone or something looks

Personality is defined as the characteristic sets of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors. While there is no generally agreed upon definition of personality, most theories focus on motivation and psychological interactions with one's environment.

An act of performing or participating in a public event

The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character

An act of arriving or becoming visible

A celebrity or famous person

The act or an instance of coming into sight.

The quality or fact of being a person as distinct from a thing or animal.

The act or an instance of coming into public view

Disparaging remarks about an individual.

Outward aspect

The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person.

Something that appears; a phenomenon.

The totality of behavioral traits that are peculiar to a specific nonhuman animal

A superficial aspect; a semblance

The totality of qualities that distinguish a group, organization, or place

Appearances Outward indications; circumstances

The collection of distinctive qualities of a person, especially those distinguishing personal characteristics that make one socially appealing

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.

The quality or condition of being a person.

A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.

A person as the embodiment of distinctive traits of mind and behavior.

The way something looks; personal presence

A person of prominence or notoriety

Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.

The distinctive characteristics of a place or situation

That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality

Personalities An offensive or disparaging personal remark

The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.

(of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.

(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

(of inanimate or abstract things) A set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.

(medical) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.

An assumed role or manner of behavior.

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence.

A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.

Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.

Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.

Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.

Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.

(legal) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons

The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.

That which constitutes distinction of person; the externally evident aspects of the character or behavior of a person; individuality.

Probability; likelihood.

Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks; as, indulgence in personalities.

The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.

That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.

Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

A person who is famous or notable; a celebrity.

The event of coming into sight

The complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual;

Formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

A person of considerable prominence;

A mental representation;

The act of appearing in public view;

Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression;