impersonate vs personate

impersonate and personate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
impersonate	No	No	Yes	No
personate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, impersonate and personate are synonyms defined as:

impersonate and personate: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions

Other synonyms of impersonate include pose.

impersonate (verb)	personate (verb)
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions	attribute human qualities to something
represent another person with comic intentions	pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
assume or act the character of