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Bong vs Jong - What's the difference?

bong | jong |

As nouns the difference between bong and jong

is that bong is voucher, coupon while jong is boy, lad.

bong

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia

Noun

(en noun)
  • A clang of a large bell.
  • Door bell chimes.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to pull a bell.
  • to ring a doorbell.

    • Etymology 2

    (bong) From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances; especially marijuana or pot.
  • A device for rapidly consuming beer, usually consisting of a funnel or reservoir of beer and a length of tubing.
    • Synonyms
    * (vessel for smoking) bucket bong, water pipe * (device for consuming beer) beer bong
    Derived terms
    * beer bong * bong hit * bongwater * bucket bong * gravity bong
    See also
    * hookah * hubbly bubbly * narghile * pipe * shisha

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A very wide piton.
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    jong

    English

    Alternative forms

    *dzong

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
  • *1933 , (Robert Byron), First Russia, Then Tibet , Tauris Parke 2011, p. 211:
  • *:When they had gone I went for a solitary ride, rounding the Jong and striking out into the country through a subsidiary village.
  • *1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 451:
  • *:However, the Tibetans refused to negotiate – except on the British side of the frontier – and withdrew into their fortress, or jong .
  • *2011 , Peter Harrison, Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas , Osprey 2011, p. 14:
  • *:The origin of the Tibetan dzong is not known although there is evidence of Chinese and Mongol influences in the style of their military architecture.
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