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Yourself vs Itself - What's the difference?

yourself | itself |

Itself is a related term of yourself.



In reflexive terms the difference between yourself and itself

is that yourself is your own self (singular) while itself is it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

As a noun yourself

is your usual, normal, or true self.

yourself

English

Pronoun

  • (reflexive) Your own self (singular).
    • Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself .
  • You (singular); .
    • You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.

    See also

    (English personal pronouns)

    Noun

    (yourselves)
  • Your usual, normal, or true self.
    • After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.

    itself

    English

    Pronoun

  • (reflexive) it; (A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject)
    • The door closed by itself
  • (emphatic) it;
    • The door itself is quite heavy.

    Derived terms

    * in-itselfness

    See also

    (English personal pronouns)

    Anagrams

    * English intensifiers English third person pronouns