Boon vs. Bane
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 existenceBoonnoun
(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.
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
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 sailorsBanenoun
something causes misery or death;
the bane of my lifeBoonadjective
very close and convivial;
boon companions
