Bonus vs Bonanza - What's the difference?
bonus | bonanza |
Something extra that is good.
An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee.
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To pay a bonus, premium
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.
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As nouns the difference between bonus and bonanza
is that bonus is while bonanza is in mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold.bonus
English
Noun
(es)Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
Derived terms
* signing bonusVerb
Anagrams
* ----bonanza
English
Noun
(en noun)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.}}