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Himself vs Herself - What's the difference?

himself | herself |

Herself is a related term of himself.

Herself is a hyponym of himself.

Herself is a synonym of himself.



In reflexive terms the difference between himself and herself

is that himself is him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subjectherself is her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

In emphatic terms the difference between himself and herself

is that himself is he; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicateherself is she; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.

himself

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Pronoun

  • (label) Him; (the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject)
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
  • (label) He;
  • * Bible, (w) vii. 14
  • The Lord himself shall give you a sign.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}
  • The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; "he himself".
  • *, II.7:
  • Yet it is that himselfe had been liberally gratified by his Unkle with militarie rewards, before ever he went to warres.
  • * Sir (1614-1669)
  • With shame remembers, while himself' was one / Of the same herd, ' himself the same had done.
  • * 1998 , Kirk Jones, Waking Ned , Tomboy films
  • Dennis: His glass is there and himself is in the toilet.
  • Synonyms

    * hisself

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    herself

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    Pronoun

  • (reflexive) Her;
  • * , chapter=17
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
  • (emphatic) She;
  • (slang) A self-important female.
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