dignitary vs personage

dignitary and personage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dignitary	Yes	No	No	No
personage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, personage is a hypernym of dignitary; that is, personage is a word with a broader meaning than dignitary:

dignitary: an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
personage: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

Other hypernyms of dignitary include important person, influential person.

dignitary (noun)	personage (noun)
an important or influential (and often overbearing) person	another word for person; a person not meriting identification
	a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events