Personify vs. Personalize — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Personify and Personalize
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Definitions
Personify➦
To think of or represent (an inanimate object or abstraction) as having personality or the qualities, thoughts, or movements of a living being
"To make history or psychology alive I personify it" (Anaïs Nin).
Personalize➦
To render personal rather than impersonal or purely professional
Personalized the doctor-patient relationship.
Personify➦
To represent (an object or abstraction) by a human figure.
Personalize➦
To make or alter so as to meet individual needs, inclinations, or specifications
Personalize a drug regimen.
Personalize emails to potential customers.
Personify➦
To represent (an abstract quality or idea)
This character personifies evil.
Personalize➦
To have printed, engraved, or monogrammed with one's name or initials
Personalized the bath towels.
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Personify➦
To be the embodiment or perfect example of
"Stalin now personified bolshevism in the eyes of the world" (A.J.P. Taylor).
Personalize➦
To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.
Personify➦
(transitive) To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
Mozart could be said to personify musical genius.
Personalize➦
To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify
"songs from the fifties and sixties that personalized automobiles by giving them names" (Christopher Hitchens).
Personify➦
(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.
Personalize➦
To adapt something to the needs or tastes of an individual.
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Personify➦
To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.
The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things.
Personalize➦
To represent something abstract as a person; to embody.
Personify➦
To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.
Personalize➦
To make personal.
Personify➦
Invest with or as with a body; give body to
Personalize➦
Make personal or more personal;
Personalized service
Personify➦
Represent, as of a character on stage;
Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
Personify➦
Attribute human qualities to something;
The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
