Bane vs Bani - What's the difference?
bane | bani |
A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse
* Herbert
(dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants
(obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer
(obsolete) destruction; death
* Milton
A disease of sheep; the rot.
To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
To be the bane of.
(currency)
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Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
Paper money.
* 1943 , (William Saroyan), , chapter 3,
The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition.
(obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance
(obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
As nouns the difference between bane and bani
is that bane is a cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse while bani is plural of lang=en currency.As a verb bane
is to kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.bane
English
(wikipedia bane)Etymology 1
From (etyl) bane, from (etyl) bana, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the bane of my existence
- Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe.
- The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane .
Antonyms
* (affliction or curse) boonDerived terms
* baneberry * baneful * boon and bane * wolfsbaneVerb
(ban)Etymology 2
From (etyl) northern dialect ban, from (etyl)References
*Anagrams
* * ----bani
English
Noun
(head)currency
English
(wikipedia currency)Noun
- Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
- Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.
- The jargon’s currency .
- He takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency , and not after intrinsic value. — Francis Bacon.
- The bare name of Englishman too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful. — W. Irving.