personation vs playing

personation and playing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
personation	Yes	No	No	No
playing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, playing is a hypernym of personation; that is, playing is a word with a broader meaning than personation:

Other hypernyms of personation include acting, performing, playacting.

As nouns, playing is a hypernym of personation; that is, playing is a word with a broader meaning than personation:

personation: acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
playing: the performance of a part or role in a drama

Other hypernyms of personation include acting, performing, playacting.

personation (noun)	playing (noun)
imitating the mannerisms of another person	the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation
acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture	the act of playing a musical instrument
	the performance of a part or role in a drama