personage vs public figure

public figure vs personage

personage and public figure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
personage	Yes	No	No	No
public figure	Yes	No	No	No

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

personage: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
public figure: 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, name, nepotist, policy maker, power broker, powerbroker, sacred cow, sirdar, socialite, sun, dignitary, high-up, high muckamuck, panjandrum, very important person, VIP, worthy.

personage (noun)	public figure (noun)
another word for person; a person not meriting identification	a well-known or notable person
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

Difference between personage and public figure

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