Himself vs. Oneself — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Himself and Oneself

Definitions

Himself➦

(reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

He injured himself.

Oneself➦

A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself.

Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.

Himself➦

(emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate

He was injured himself.

Oneself➦

A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly written as two words, one's self.

One's self (or more properly oneself), is quite a modern form. In Elizabethan English we find a man's self = one's self.

Himself➦

The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.

Himself➦

(Ireland) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others

Has himself come down to breakfast yet?

Have you seen himself yet this morning?

Himself➦

An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; - used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.

But he himself returned from the quarries.

David hid himself in the field.

The Lord himself shall give you a sign.

Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people.

With shame remembers, while himself was oneOf the same herd, himself the same had done.

It comprehendeth in himself all good.

Himself➦

One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.