Boon vs. Bane

Boon vs. Bane — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Boon and Bane

Boonnoun

(obsolete) A prayer; petition.

Banenoun

A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse.

the bane of my existence

Boonnoun

(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.

Banenoun

(dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.

Boonnoun

A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.

Finding the dry cave was a boon to the weary travellers.Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery.

Banenoun

(obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer.

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Boonnoun

An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.

Banenoun

(obsolete) Destruction; death.

Boonnoun

The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

Banenoun

A disease of sheep; the rot.

Boonadjective

(obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage"

Banenoun

bone

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Boonadjective

kind; bountiful; benign

Baneverb

(transitive) To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.

Boonadjective

(Fossil word used only in idiom pairing it with subsequent "companion") gay; merry; jovial; convivial

Baneverb

(transitive) To be the bane of.

Boonnoun

a desirable state;

enjoy the blessings of peacea spanking breeze is a boon to sailors

Banenoun

something causes misery or death;

the bane of my life

Boonadjective

very close and convivial;

boon companions