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betray vs personate

personate vs betray

betray and personate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
betray No No Yes No
personate No No Yes No
As verbs, personate is a hyponym of betray; that is, personate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than betray:
  • betray: cause someone to believe an untruth
  • personate: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
betray (verb) personate (verb)
give away information about somebody attribute human qualities to something
reveal unintentionally pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
cause someone to believe an untruth
disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
deliver to an enemy by treachery
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
Difference between betray and personate

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