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Ben vs Benny - What's the difference?

ben | benny |

Benny is a related term of ben.



As nouns the difference between ben and benny

is that ben is a prayer; a petition while benny is an amphetamine tablet.

As proper nouns the difference between ben and benny

is that ben is a diminutive of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict while Benny is a male nickname for Benjamin.

As a preposition ben

is in, into.

As an adjective ben

is inner, interior.

ben

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ben, bene, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A prayer; a petition.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ben, bene, variation of bin, .

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (Scotland, northern England) In, into.
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 32:
    • 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.

    Adjective

  • Inner, interior.
    • Derived terms
    * ben-end, ben-room

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
    • Derived terms
    * but and ben

    Etymology 3

    Probably representing a North African pronunciation of (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
    • Synonyms
    * (tree) (l), (l), (l)
    Derived terms
    * ben-nut

    Etymology 4

    (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * Ben

    Noun

    (-)
  • (usually, capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).

    • Etymology 5

    From (etyl) beinn

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.

    • Anagrams

    * English three-letter words ----

    benny

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviated from

    Noun

    (bennies)
  • (slang) An amphetamine tablet.
  • (UK, slang) A tantrum; a fit of furious or erratic behaviour.
  • * 2001 , "Neil Davey", Sacked Referees'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.champ-man )
    • BTW, you might like to see what happens to CM00-01 when one of your sticks of memory decides to have a benny :
  • * 2010 , Ian Sansom, The Bad Book Affair
    • 'Like I told the police, I think she's just having a benny .'
  • * 2011 , Kate Morgan, Wicked Games (page 34)
    • "Stop having a benny , Liam." Gwen was getting agitated. Liam was failing miserably at his attempts to get Casey to back down.

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of benefit

    Alternative forms

    * bennie

    Noun

    (bennies)
  • A benefit.
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