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Someone vs Oneself - What's the difference?

someone | oneself |

As pronouns the difference between someone and oneself

is that someone is some person while oneself is the person, previously mentioned.

As a noun someone

is a partially specified but unnamed person.

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.

    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