personage vs elder statesman

elder statesman vs personage

personage and elder statesman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
personage	Yes	No	No	No
elder statesman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, elder statesman is a hyponym of personage; that is, elder statesman is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than personage:

personage: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
elder statesman: any influential person whose advice is highly respected

Other hyponyms of personage 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, eminence grise, Excellency, fixer, influence peddler, heavy hitter, hierarch, high-muck-a-muck, pooh-bah, kingmaker, bigwig, kingpin, top banana, magnifico, figure, name, public figure, nepotist, policy maker, power broker, powerbroker, sacred cow, sirdar, socialite, sun, dignitary, high-up, high muckamuck, panjandrum, very important person, VIP, worthy.

personage (noun)	elder statesman (noun)
another word for person; a person not meriting identification	an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events	any influential person whose advice is highly respected

Difference between personage and elder statesman

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