Been vs Ben - What's the difference?
been | ben |
(obsolete) were
(Scotland, northern England) In, into.
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Inner, interior.
(Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
The winged seed of the ben tree.
The oil of the ben seed.
(usually, capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
Ben is a descendant of been.
In obsolete terms the difference between been and ben
is that been is were while ben is a prayer; a petition.As nouns the difference between been and ben
is that been is plural of lang=en while ben is a prayer; a petition.As a verb been
is past participle of lang=en.As a preposition ben is
in, into.As an adjective ben is
inner, interior.As a proper noun Ben is
a diminutive of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.been
English
(wikipedia been)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (obsolete) ybe (see y-).Verb
(head)- Assembled been a senate grave and stout. — Fairfax.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) been, from (etyl) .Noun
(head)See also
* for forms of beStatistics
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*References
Vaux, Bert and Scott Golder. 2003. The Harvard Dialect Survey: been. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Linguistics Department. English auxiliary verb forms English irregular past participles English terms with homophones ----ben
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ben, bene, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) ben, bene, variation of bin, .Preposition
(English prepositions)- And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.