Self vs. Own

Selfpronoun

(obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).

Selfpronoun

Myself.

Selfnoun

The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.

Selfnoun

An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves).

Selfnoun

(botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).

Selfnoun

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).

Selfverb

(botany) To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.

Selfverb

(botany) To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.

Selfadjective

Having its own or a single nature or character, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed.

Selfadjective

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).

Selfadjective

(obsolete) Same.

Selfadjective

Same; particular; very; identical.

Selfadjective

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.

Selfnoun

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.

Selfnoun

Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.

Selfnoun

Personification; embodiment.

Selfnoun

your consciousness of your own identity

Selfnoun

a person considered as a unique individual;

Selfadjective

combining form; oneself or itself;

Selfadjective

used as a combining form; relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self;

Selfnoun

a person's essential being that distinguishes them from others, especially considered as the object of introspection or reflexive action

Selfnoun

one's particular nature or personality; the qualities that make one individual or unique

Selfnoun

one's own interests or pleasure

Selfnoun

used ironically to refer to oneself or someone else

Selfnoun

used on counterfoils, cheques, and other papers to refer to the holder or person who has signed

Selfadjective

(of a trimming or cover) of the same material and colour as the rest of the item

Selfverb

self-pollinate; self-fertilize

Selfverb

cause (an animal or plant) to breed with or fertilize one of the same hybrid origin or strain

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.

Ownverb

(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.

Ownverb

(transitive) To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.

Ownverb

(transitive) To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.

Ownverb

(transitive) To virtually or figuratively enslave.

Ownverb

To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.

Ownverb

To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.

Ownverb

To grant; give.

Ownverb

(intransitive) To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.

Ownverb

(transitive) To admit; concede; acknowledge.

Ownverb

(transitive) To answer to.

Ownverb

(transitive) To recognise; acknowledge.

Ownverb

(transitive) To claim as one's own.

Ownverb

To confess.

Ownadjective

Belonging to; possessed; proper to. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.

Ownadjective

(obsolete) Peculiar, domestic.

Ownadjective

(obsolete) Not foreign.

Ownverb

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.

Ownverb

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.

Ownadjective

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.

Ownverb

have ownership or possession of;

Ownadjective

belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive;