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Oneself vs Oneness - What's the difference?

oneself | oneness |

As a pronoun oneself

is the person, previously mentioned.

As a noun oneness is

state of being one or undivided; unity.

oneself

English

Pronoun

  • The person, previously mentioned.
    • One can teach oneself to do this.
  • A person's self - a general form of himself, herself or yourself
    • Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.

    Usage notes

    This pronoun can be used for emphasis or to make a verb reflexive.

    Synonyms

    * one's self

    Derived terms

    * be oneself * by oneself

    See also

    (English personal pronouns)

    See also

    * * self English third person pronouns

    oneness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) State of being one or undivided; unity.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].}}
  • (countable) The product of being one or undivided.

    • Related terms

    * one * only

    See also

    * twoness * undivided * unity