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Bonanza vs Jackpot - What's the difference?

bonanza | jackpot |

As nouns the difference between bonanza and jackpot

is that bonanza is in mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold while jackpot is a money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.

bonanza

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold.
  • The point at which two mother lodes intersect
  • By extension, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income or return.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-31, volume=408, issue=8851, magazine=(The Economist), author=Bagehot
  • , title= The parable of the Clyde , passage=For two decades the bonanza on Scotland’s west coast continued. An occupation that had been seasonal and modestly profitable became year-round and lucrative. Baskets of herring put televisions into fishermen’s cottages and cars outside their doors. But fish, like oil and gas, with which Scotland’s continental shelf is also well-endowed, are not in unlimited supply.}}

    Antonyms

    * borrasca

    jackpot

    English

    Etymology 1

    Attested as + pot.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
  • * 2000 , Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, Choices, values, and frames ,
  • If no player picks all six numbers correctly, the jackpot' is rolled over and added to the next week's '''jackpot'''; several weeks of rollovers can build up ' jackpots up to $350 million or more.
  • A large cash prize or money.
  • An unexpected windfall or reward.
  • Usage notes
    * By metonymy, jackpot is also the word for several types of poker which feature jackpots (prize pools which accumulate until won). ** 1920 , , **: ... they played red-dog and twenty-one and jackpot from dinner to dawn, and on the occasion of one man's birthday persuaded him to buy sufficient champagne for a hilarious celebration.
    Derived terms
    * hit the jackpot

    Etymology 2

    . Criminal slang usage as "trouble, especially an arrest" attested 1902.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A difficult situation.
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    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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