Bonny vs Bunny - What's the difference?
bonny | bunny |
(mining) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
(Webster 1913)
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A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
A chine or gully formed by water running over the edge of a cliff; a wooded glen or small ravine opening through the cliff line to the sea.
Any small drain or culvert.
A brick arch or wooden bridge, covered with earth across a drawn or carriage in a water-meadow, just wide enough to allow a hay-wagon to pass over.
A small pool of water.
A swelling from a blow; a bump.
(mining) A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
A rabbit, especially a juvenile.
A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
(sports) In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
(South Africa) bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry
* 2008 , Steve Pike, Surfing South Africa (page 258)
(not comparable) In skiing, easy or unchallenging.
In mining terms the difference between bonny and bunny
is that bonny is a round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein while bunny is a sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.bonny
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) boni, probably from (etyl) bon, feminine . See (bounty), and compare (bonus), (boon).References
* * * *Etymology 2
Noun
(bonnies)bunny
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(bunnies)Etymology 2
From (etyl) bony, .Alternative forms
*Noun
(bunnies)Etymology 3
From .Noun
(bunnies)- Surfers from Durban grew up on bunnies . You get the curry in the bread with the removed square chunk, used to dunk back in the curry.
Derived terms
* angst bunny * badge bunny * bunny girl * bunny rabbit * cuddle bunny * dust bunny * Easter Bunny * gym bunny * snuggle bunny * that's the bunny * bunny wunny * snow bunnyAdjective
(en adjective)- Let’s start on the bunny hill.