Ben vs Jake - What's the difference?
ben | jake |
(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).
(slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
*1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 126:
*:‘What do you care? Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake .’
(US) A juvenile male turkey.
* 1998 , Jerome B Robinson, In the Turkey Woods
As an adverb ben
is well.As a noun jake is
collar.As an interjection jake is
come.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 ----jake
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- The spring turkey woods are occupied by roaming bands of jakes — year-old males with strong mating urges but inferior body size.