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Blenny vs Benny - What's the difference?

blenny | benny |

As nouns the difference between blenny and benny

is that blenny is a true blenny, any of various marine fishes from the suborder blennioidei that are generally small and elongated which dwell on the sea floor, including scaled and scaleless forms and dramatically divergent appearance, in several families while benny is a stupid or dull-witted person or benny can be (label) a one-hundred-dollar bill.

As a proper noun benny is

a male nickname for benjamin or benny can be a female nickname for bernice or bernadette.

blenny

English

(wikipedia blenny) (Blennioidei)

Noun

(blennies)
  • A true blenny, any of various marine fishes from the suborder Blennioidei that are generally small and elongated which dwell on the sea floor, including scaled and scaleless forms and dramatically divergent appearance, in several families.
  • # Blenniidae
  • # Chaenopsidae
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  • # Tripterygiidae
  • A number of unrelated fish of similar appearance.
  • 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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