personage vs name

name vs personage

personage and name both are nouns.

personage is not a verb while name is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
personage	Yes	No	No	No
name	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

personage: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
name: a well-known or notable person

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, influence peddler, heavy hitter, hierarch, high-muck-a-muck, pooh-bah, kingmaker, bigwig, kingpin, top banana, magnifico, figure, 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)	name (noun)
another word for person; a person not meriting identification	by the sanction or authority of
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events	a language unit by which a person or thing is known
	a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
	family based on male descent
	a well-known or notable person
	a person's reputation

personage (verb)	name (verb)
	determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
	identify as in botany or biology, for example
	give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
	assign a specified (usually proper) name to
	make reference to
	mention and identify by name
	give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
	create and charge with a task or function
	charge with a function; charge to be

Difference between personage and name

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