Ben vs Kyle - What's the difference?
ben | kyle |
(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).
, transferred from the surname.
* 2005 Joyce Carol Oates: Missing Mom . Ecco 2005. ISBN 006081621X page 110:
(label) , transferred from the surname
A town in Saskatchewan
A CDP in South Dakota
A city in Texas
As an adverb ben
is well.As a noun kyle is
(in scotland) a narrow channel between islands.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 ----kyle
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Wally Szalla was the least discomforting of men, nothing like the pushy arrogant guys I was always meeting, or who were always meeting me. Guys with names like Dale, Brock, Kevin, Kyle . Guys with names nothing like Wally.
