Metaphor vs. Personification

Metaphornoun

The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it is not, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described (but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile); the word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison.

Metaphornoun

The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.

Metaphorverb

(intransitive) To use a metaphor.

Metaphorverb

(transitive) To describe by means of a metaphor.

Metaphornoun

The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.

Metaphornoun

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

Metaphornoun

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

Metaphornoun

a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else

Metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide (or obscure) clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas.

Personificationnoun

A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.

Personificationnoun

A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.

Personificationnoun

An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human

Personificationnoun

The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment.

Personificationnoun

A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop ia; as, the floods clap their hands.

Personificationnoun

a person who represents an abstract quality;

Personificationnoun

representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature

Personificationnoun

the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

Personificationnoun

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

Personificationnoun

a figure intended to represent an abstract quality

Personificationnoun

a person or thing regarded as embodying a quality, concept, etc.