Goodness vs Ben - What's the difference?
goodness | ben |
(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.
(countable) The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
(uncountable, euphemistic) God.
(Christianity) The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.
* 1611 , :
(Scotland, northern England) In, into.
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 32:
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).
As nouns the difference between goodness and ben
is that goodness is (uncountable) the state or characteristic of being good while ben is (obsolete) a prayer; a petition or ben can be (scotland|northern england) ben-room: the inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but) or ben can be a tree, moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of arabia and india, which produces oil of ben or ben can be (usually|capitalised) son of (used with hebrew and arabic surnames) or ben can be a scottish or irish mountain or high peak.As a preposition ben is
(scotland|northern england) in, into.As an adjective ben is
inner, interior.goodness
English
(wikipedia goodness)Noun
- Thank goodness that the war is over!
- The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness , faith.
Synonyms
* virtueDerived terms
* my goodness!External links
* * *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.