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personification vs image

image vs personification

personification and image both are nouns.

personification is not a verb while image is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
personification Yes No No No
image Yes No Yes No
As nouns, image is a hypernym of personification; that is, image is a word with a broader meaning than personification:
  • personification: representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
  • image: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Other hypernyms of personification include figure, figure of speech, trope.
personification (noun) image (noun)
the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
a person who represents an abstract quality (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
an iconic mental representation
a standard or typical example
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
personification (verb) image (verb)
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
render visible, as by means of MRI
Difference between personification and image

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