Bant vs Bane - What's the difference?
bant | bane |
As nouns the difference between bant and bane is that bant is banter while bane is dwelling, abode, residence, half dilapidated house.
bant English
Noun
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banter
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bane Etymology 1
From (etyl) bane, from (etyl) bana, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse
- the bane of my existence
* Herbert
- Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe.
(dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants
(obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer
(obsolete) destruction; death
* Milton
- The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane .
A disease of sheep; the rot.
Antonyms
* (affliction or curse) boon
Derived terms
* baneberry
* baneful
* boon and bane
* wolfsbane
Verb
(ban)
To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
To be the bane of.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) northern dialect ban, from (etyl)
Noun
( en noun)
(chiefly, Scotland) A bone
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