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self vs soul

soul vs self

self and soul both are nouns.

self is an adjective but soul is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
self Yes Yes No No
soul Yes No No No
As nouns, soul is a hypernym of self; that is, soul is a word with a broader meaning than self:
  • self: a person considered as a unique individual
  • soul: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
Other hypernyms of self include individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone.
self (noun) soul (noun)
your consciousness of your own identity a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
a person considered as a unique individual the human embodiment of something
a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
deep feeling or emotion
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
self (adjective) soul (adjective)
(used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self
Difference between self and soul

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