Myself vs. Self

Difference Between Myself and Self

Myselfpronoun

(reflexive pronoun) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.

I taught myself.

Selfpronoun

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

This argument was put forward by the defendant self.

Myselfpronoun

Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.

Selfpronoun

Myself.

I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.

Myselfpronoun

In my normal state of body or mind.

Selfnoun

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

Myselfpronoun

Me (as the object of a verb or preposition).

I feel like myself.

Selfnoun

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

Myselfpronoun

(archaic) I (as the subject of a verb).

Selfnoun

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

Myselfpronoun

my name is...

Myself John.

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.

a self bow: one made from a single piece of wooda self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour

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).