Personification vs. Impersonification — What's the Difference?

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

(archaic) the act of impersonating; impersonation

A figure intended to represent an abstract quality

(archaic) personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form

The act of personifying.

A person or thing typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification

A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form, as in Hunger sat shivering on the road or Flowers danced about the lawn. Also called prosopopeia.

Artistic representation of an abstract quality or idea as a person.

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

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

An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human

The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment.

A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop ia; as, the floods clap their hands.

A person who represents an abstract quality;

Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature

The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.