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personification vs figure of speech

figure of speech vs personification

personification and figure of speech both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
personification Yes No No No
figure of speech Yes No No No
As nouns, figure of speech is a hypernym of personification; that is, figure of speech is a word with a broader meaning than personification:
  • personification: representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
  • figure of speech: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Other hypernyms of personification include figure, image, trope.
personification (noun) figure of speech (noun)
the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
a person who represents an abstract quality
Difference between personification and figure of speech

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