personage vs influence peddler

influence peddler vs personage

personage and influence peddler both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
personage	Yes	No	No	No
influence peddler	Yes	No	No	No

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

personage: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
influence peddler: someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)

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, elder statesman, eminence grise, Excellency, fixer, 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)	influence peddler (noun)
another word for person; a person not meriting identification	someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

Difference between personage and influence peddler

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