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person vs personification

personification vs person

person and personification both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
person Yes No No No
personification Yes No No No
As nouns, personification is a hyponym of person; that is, personification is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than person:
  • person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
  • personification: a person who represents an abstract quality
person (noun) personification (noun)
a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
a human body (usually including the clothing) representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party a person who represents an abstract quality
Difference between person and personification

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