Ben vs Ian - What's the difference?
ben | ian |
(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).
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* 1975 , , World of Wonders , ISBN 0670817902, page 736
As adverbs the difference between ben and ian
is that ben is well while ian is .As a determiner ian is
.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.
Adjective
Derived terms
* ben-end, ben-roomNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* but and benEtymology 3
Probably representing a North African pronunciation of (etyl)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (tree) (l), (l), (l)Derived terms
* ben-nutEtymology 4
(etyl) .Alternative forms
* BenNoun
(-)Etymology 5
From (etyl) beinnAnagrams
* English three-letter words ----ian
English
Alternative forms
* IainProper noun
(en proper noun)- “If you want a Scotch name why don’t you call him Jock?” Macgregor looked disgusted. “Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian'. If you want to call him ' Ian Fetch, I shall say no more.”
References
*Concerning the names Iain, Ian, and Eoinby Josh Mittleman