Persona

Persona means the way you behave, talk, etc., with other people that causes them to see you as a particular kind of person. Personality is the public personality that people display to those around them and it is influenced by heredity and at the same time by the surrounding conditions. There is subtle difference between the two...persona and personality. The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self. Someone's personality is the specific set of qualities and interests that make him or her unique and unlike others. Your persona is your external layer and your personality is your inner layer. Bear in mind that persona is the Latin for an actor's mask...and your personality is your inner and real self...Col Pendyala Pradeep, Anaesthesiologist.