Question

Whats the difference between personification and idiom?

Answer 1

Personification is a figure of speech where a composer has given human qualities to an object or animal.

Idioms are figurative phrases that are commonly used. Unlike similes and metaphors, there are no rules that define them, other than being figurative.

Answer 2

Personification - The tree's hands swaying in the wind, and the wind is howling through the night.

Idiom - Don't judge a book by it's cover - Up the creek without a paddle - Now you got a taste of your own medicene