different between selfless vs magnanimous

English

self +? -less

selfless (comparative more selfless, superlative most selfless)

Having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.
In a selfless act of gratitude for saving his mother's life, Peter committed to giving money to his local breast cancer charity each year for the rest of his life.

From Latin magnanimus, from magnus (“great”) + animus (“soul, mind”). Displaced native Old English mi?elm?d (literally “big-minded”).

magnanimous (comparative more magnanimous, superlative most magnanimous)

Noble and generous in spirit.
- 1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt
  I felt vaguely he was a sneak, and remained quite unmollified by advances on his side, which, in a boy's barbarous fashion, unless it suited me to be magnanimous, I haughtily ignored.
Synonyms: big-hearted, generous, great-hearted, large-hearted, unselfish

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