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Himself vs Soliloquy - What's the difference?

himself | soliloquy |

As a pronoun himself

is (label) him; (the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject).

As a noun soliloquy is

(drama) the act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.

As a verb soliloquy is

(very|rare) to issue a soliloquy.

himself

English

Pronoun

  • (label) Him; (the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject)
  • *
  • , 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  • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason.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

    Statistics

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    soliloquy

    Noun

    (soliloquies)
  • (drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
  • At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.
  • A speech or written discourse in this form.
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  • Usage notes

    Primarily used of theater, particularly the works of (William Shakespeare), as a term of art, particularly for finely-crafted speeches. An archetype is the “(To be or not to be)” soliloquy in (Hamlet). In informal speech or discussions of popular culture, the term monologue is used instead, generally in a pejorative sense, suggesting that the speaker is a self-centered boor who won’t shut up.

    Synonyms

    * (speech or written discourse) monologue

    Antonyms

    * (discourse of a single person) colloquy, dialogue, dialog

    Hypernyms

    * locution * oration

    Derived terms

    * soliloquist * soliloquize

    See also

    * apostrophe * stage whisper

    Verb

  • (very, rare) To issue a soliloquy.
  • Synonyms

    * soliloquize (much more common)