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personification vs individual

individual vs personification

personification and individual both are nouns.

personification is not an adjective while individual is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
personification Yes No No No
individual Yes Yes No No
As nouns, individual is a hypernym of personification; that is, individual is a word with a broader meaning than personification:
  • personification: a person who represents an abstract quality
  • individual: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
Other hypernyms of personification include mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul.
personification (noun) individual (noun)
the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature a single organism
a person who represents an abstract quality
personification (adjective) individual (adjective)
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
separate and distinct from others of the same kind
concerning one person exclusively
characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
Difference between personification and individual

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