persona vs impersonate

persona is a noun but impersonate is not a noun.

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

persona (noun)	impersonate (noun)
(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

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