influential person vs public figure

public figure vs influential person

influential person and public figure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
influential person	Yes	No	No	No
public figure	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, public figure is a hyponym of influential person; that is, public figure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than influential person:

influential person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
public figure: a well-known or notable person

Other hyponyms of influential person include big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho, celebrity, famous person, behemoth, colossus, giant, heavyweight, titan, elder statesman, eminence grise, Excellency, fixer, influence peddler, heavy hitter, hierarch, high-muck-a-muck, pooh-bah, kingmaker, bigwig, kingpin, top banana, magnifico, figure, name, nepotist, policy maker, power broker, powerbroker, sacred cow, sirdar, socialite, sun, dignitary, high-up, high muckamuck, panjandrum, very important person, VIP, worthy.

influential person (noun)	public figure (noun)
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events	a well-known or notable person

Difference between influential person and public figure

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