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reflexive pronoun vs personal pronoun

personal pronoun vs reflexive pronoun

reflexive pronoun and personal pronoun both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reflexive pronoun Yes No No No
personal pronoun Yes No No No
As nouns, personal pronoun is a hypernym of reflexive pronoun; that is, personal pronoun is a word with a broader meaning than reflexive pronoun:
  • reflexive pronoun: a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
  • personal pronoun: a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
reflexive pronoun (noun) personal pronoun (noun)
a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
Difference between reflexive pronoun and personal pronoun

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