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Bonus vs Bonanza - What's the difference?

bonus | bonanza |

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)
  • Something extra that is good.
  • An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
  • (uncountable, basketball) One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
  • Derived terms

    * signing bonus

    Verb

  • To pay a bonus, premium
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    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