What's the difference between enact and personify?

Enact


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.
  • (v. t.) To act; to perform; to do; to effect.
  • (v. t.) To act the part of; to represent; to play.
  • (n.) Purpose; determination.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He said that some voters would see Monday's acquittal as a positive step in the reforms recently enacted by the prime minister, Najib Razak.
  • (2) A similar visa program for Afghans who aided troops was enacted in 2009 and offered up to 8,500 visas .
  • (3) So it was with cruelty – the same cruelty seen in the enactment of the Muslim travel ban and the gamble with the healthcare of 24 million people – that Trump signed an executive order to begin construction immediately .
  • (4) The immunity was enacted by an overwhelming bipartisan vote, with the support of leading Democrats including Barack Obama, who had promised - when seeking his party's nomination - to filibuster any bill that contained retroactive telecom immunity.
  • (5) Australia In the 1980s, Australia was one of the first countries to enact the policy of “harm minimisation”, which involves reducing supply of drugs, education policies that aim to cut demand, and minimising harm caused by drugs on the user and community, through initiatives such as needle programs and safe injecting sites.
  • (6) Missouri enacted a 72-hour waiting period for abortions in October , and Brattin’s bill would further require women to receive the written and notarized consent of a fetus’ father before obtaining an abortion.
  • (7) Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, said he would be astonished if the coalition had not enacted a lobbyists' register and a power to recall errant MPs by 2015.
  • (8) By the end of 1991, all states except Pennsylvania and Nebraska had enacted some form of advance directive legislation.
  • (9) But 18 months after that report was published, many of its recommendations have yet to be enacted and, crucially, nothing has been done to assess the number of deaths and injuries or the reasons for them.
  • (10) When it was first enacted, critics claim, the law was designed to prosecute acts by violent third parties such as abusive boyfriends.
  • (11) FedEx, for example, as an operator of trucks, supported the first-ever fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for US commercial vehicles, which were enacted in 2007.
  • (12) He also promised to restart discussions on political reform and enact highly controversial national security legislation, which was previously shelved after large street protests.
  • (13) His perceptions of an analysand's motivations are influenced by two complementary affect-defense configurations: inhibition in response to anxiety and enactment of wishful fantasy in response to depressive affect.
  • (14) These laws, with their disparate impact on minority communities, echo policies enacted during a deeply troubled period in America’s past — a time of post-civil war discrimination,” he said.
  • (15) I saw it re-enacted in the National Theatre's excellent 70s politics production, The House, only last night .
  • (16) The opposition leader, Delia Lawrie, said the matter was “descending into farce” and called for the government to “at least” enact an independent judicial inquiry.
  • (17) "In July we announced Atos had been instructed to enact a quality improvement plan to remedy the unacceptable reduction in quality identified in the written reports provided to the department," the spokesperson said.
  • (18) US farmers are in the middle of the worst drought they've faced in half a century , and pressure is growing from Democrats, farm lobbies, and deficit hawks for Congress to enact the new law.
  • (19) Public protest has been all but banned by a law enacted in November 2013 that formed part of the harsh response to the protests that deposed Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and Mohammed Morsi in July 2013 .
  • (20) The Aboriginal Legal Service in New South Wales has a 24-hour custody notification service – a measure recommended by the 1991 royal commission but enacted in no other states or territories.

Personify


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.
  • (v. t.) To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And Pippi Longstocking, her most famous character, comes really close to being the personified proof of that… So where did Pippi come from?
  • (2) This white child had as his alter-ego, really as part of his self-representation, a black half of the self, personified as a black boy whom he fantasized to be his twin.
  • (3) What the papers say The Economist (for Obama) "A man who once personified hope and centrism set a new low by unleashing attacks on Mitt Romney even before the first Republican primary.
  • (4) He is sexism, male domination, and oppression against women personified.
  • (5) The Conservative reaction, personified by David Cameron , is to promote social mobility and meritocracy.
  • (6) Are they going to move in the direction of logic and rationality, or are they going to continue to pursue this anti-scientific fringe movement within their party that is personified by people liked Ted Cruz ?
  • (7) Robert Holcomb perhaps personified what Terry describes today as "a different breed of black soldier entering the battlefield" in the latter half of the 1960s.
  • (8) Yet the campaign fed doubts among party managers about Sir Alec's ability to personify enterprise, yout hfulness, and relevance to contemporary circumstances.
  • (9) They both ran in the 2011 primaries won by Hollande, and personified two styles, two political orientations within the Socialist party.
  • (10) When asked why, he said: “It was about finding that balance that would bring bipartisan support to the bill.” Reaching across the aisle in search of compromise and consensus is the professed goal of almost every candidate for public office in the US, particularly in recent times, when presidents have come to personify not unity but division.
  • (11) Brody is, after all, personifying a struggle between good and evil: the good bit is the all-American father-hero-soldier; the bad is the convert to Islam and terrorism (what a myth-busting connection, thanks Homeland!)
  • (12) He decorates games, rarely dominates them, and personified the lack of ruthlessness on display.
  • (13) Whether or not we, or you, agree, there will be somebody who truly believes that such and such a new act are magnificence magnified and brilliance personified.
  • (14) I’m not running against him or against anyone else.” How long Rubio can maintain the sunny demeanor that has personified his candidacy thus far is unclear.
  • (15) It can be shown that the evolution of the Health Service has been shaped by three differing types of underlying logic: the professional (because the technical side is chiefly represented by the professionals who personify the scientific and technical aspects of health problems), the social and the economic.
  • (16) There is simply an expectation of excellence that he personifies that made us all remember why we wanted to work at the Washington Post and it’s sort of euphoric.” Later in 2013 the Graham family sold the business to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whose internet background brought fresh ideas and deep pockets.
  • (17) If, however, you were multinational company, Hartnett would be indulgence personified.
  • (18) The Telegraph's religion editor and Church of England priest George Pitcher has described him as personifying "the new amorality of avaricious, red-top, vulgar New Britain".
  • (19) Ryan Bertrand personified this when taking an age to deliver a free-kick and then banging it high into the Stretford End.
  • (20) He personifies the new dispensation, in which men and women glide between corporations and politics, and appear to act as agents for big business within government.