Self vs. Own — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Self and Own
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Self
The self is an individual person as the object of its own reflective consciousness. Since the self is a reference by a subject to the same subject, this reference is necessarily subjective.
Own
Of or belonging to oneself or itself
She makes her own clothes.
Self
A person's essential being that distinguishes them from others, especially considered as the object of introspection or reflexive action
Language is an aspect of a person's sense of self
Our alienation from our true selves
Guilt can be turned against the self
Own
That which belongs to one
I wanted a room of my own.
Self
(of a trimming or cover) of the same material and colour as the rest of the item
A button-through style with self belt
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Own
To have or possess as property
Owns a chain of restaurants.
Self
Self-pollinate; self-fertilize
A variety that selfs itself loses lots of vigour in the progeny
Own
To have control over
For a time, enemy planes owned the skies.
Self
The total, essential, or particular being of a person; the individual
"An actor's instrument is the self" (Joan Juliet Buck).
Own
To admit as being in accordance with fact, truth, or a claim; acknowledge
"I own that I have been sly, thievish, mean, a prevaricator, greedy, derelict, / and I own that I remain so yet" (Walt Whitman).
Self
The essential qualities distinguishing one person from another; individuality
"He would walk a little first along the southern walls, shed his European self, fully enter this world" (Howard Kaplan).
Own
To make a full confession or acknowledgment
When confronted with the evidence the thief owned up to the crime.
Self
One's consciousness of one's own being or identity; the ego
"For some of us, the self's natural doubts are given in mesmerizing amplification by way of critics' negative assessments of our writing" (Joyce Carol Oates).
Own
Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
Self
One's own interests, welfare, or advantage
Thinking of self alone.
Own
Not shared.
When we move into the new house, the kids will each have their own bedroom.
Self
(Immunology) That which the immune system identifies as belonging to the body
Tissues no longer recognized as self.
Own
(obsolete) Peculiar, domestic.
Self
Of the same character throughout.
Own
(obsolete) Not foreign.
Self
Of the same material as the article with which it is used
A dress with a self belt.
Own
(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.
I own this car.
Self
(Obsolete) Same or identical.
Own
(transitive) To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
The United States owns Point Roberts by the terms of the Treaty of Oregon.
Self
To fertilize or pollinate itself. Used of hermaphroditic organisms.
Own
(transitive) To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
I will own my enemies.
If he wins, he will own you.
Self
(obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
This argument was put forward by the defendant self.
Own
(transitive) To virtually or figuratively enslave.
Self
Myself.
I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.
Own
To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.
Self
One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
One's true self; one's better self; one's former self
Own
To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.
Self
The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
Own
To be very good.
Self
An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
Own
(intransitive) To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.
Self
Self-interest or personal advantage.
Own
(transitive) To admit; concede; acknowledge.
Self
Identity or personality.
Own
(transitive) To proudly acknowledge; to not be ashamed or embarrassed of.
Self
(botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
Own
(transitive) To take responsibility for.
Self
(botany) A flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated.
Own
(transitive) To recognise; acknowledge.
To own one as a son
Self
Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
Own
(transitive) To claim as one's own.
Self
(botany) To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.
Own
To confess.
Self
(botany) To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.
Own
To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love.
The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide;But his sagacious eye an inmate owns.
Self
Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.
A self bow: one made from a single piece of wood
A self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour
Own
To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a house.
Self
(obsolete) Same, identical.
Own
Belonging to; belonging exclusively or especially to; peculiar; - most frequently following a possessive pronoun, as my, our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar interest, or exclusive ownership; as, my own father; my own composition; my own idea; at my own price.
Self
(obsolete) Belonging to oneself; own.
Own
Have ownership or possession of;
He owns three houses in Florida
How many cars does she have?
Self
Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
Own
Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive;
For your own use
Do your own thing
She makes her own clothes
`ain' is Scottish
Self
Same; particular; very; identical.
To shoot another arrow that self wayWhich you did shoot the first.
At that self moment enters Palamon.
Self
Having its own or a single nature or character, as in color, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed; as, a self bow, one made from a single piece of wood; self flower or plant, one which is wholly of one color; self-colored.
Self
The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality.
A man's self may be the worst fellow to converse with in the world.
The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious.
Self
Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.
Self
Personification; embodiment.
She was beauty's self.
Self
Your consciousness of your own identity
Self
A person considered as a unique individual;
One's own self
Self
Combining form; oneself or itself;
Self-control
Self
Used as a combining form; relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self;
Self-knowledge
Self-proclaimed
Self-induced
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