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Ones vs Someone - What's the difference?

ones | someone |

As nouns the difference between ones and someone

is that ones is plural of lang=en while someone is a partially specified but unnamed person.

As a pronoun someone is

some person.

ones

English

Noun

(head) plural

    • Usage notes

    * Ones is not the possessive pronoun, which is spelled one's.

    Anagrams

    * * * * * * * * ---- ==Volapük==

    Pronoun

    (head)

    • someone

    English

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • Some person.
    • Is someone there?

    Usage notes

    * Logically related to anyone, everyone, and no one. Becomes no one via negation. *: Did anyone help with the clean-up effort? *: Yes, someone''' helped yesterday, but '''no one''' did today because '''everyone was too busy.

    Synonyms

    * anybody, anyone, somebody

    Abbreviations

    Some translation dictionaries have used the abbreviation or so for someone.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A partially specified but unnamed person.
    • Do you need a gift for that special someone ?
    The someones under discussion were eventually arrested.

    Related terms

    * no one * everyone * anyone * somewhere * something English compound determinatives English indefinite pronouns English third person pronouns 1000 English basic words