Boon vs Bust - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) A prayer; petition.
* :
(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a favour; benefaction; a grant; a present.
* :
* 1872 , (James De Mille), The Cryptogram :
A good; a blessing or benefit; a great privilege; a thing to be thankful for.
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(obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage"
kind; bountiful; benign
* Milton
gay; merry; jovial; convivial
* Arbuthnot
* Episode 16
The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
(Webster 1913)
A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
The breasts and upper thorax of a woman
To break something
(slang) To arrest for a crime
(slang) To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
(snowboarding) An emphatic to do
(US, informal) To reduce in rank.
* 1962 , , 01:56:35
(poker) To lose all of one's chips.
(blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
(slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation:
(slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
(sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
(chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of previously published analysis.
(slang) without any money, broke
As nouns the difference between boon and bust
is that boon is a prayer; petition while bust is a sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.As adjectives the difference between boon and bust
is that boon is good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage while bust is without any money, broke.As a verb bust is
to break something.boon
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- For which to God he made so many an idle boon
- Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above
- I gave you life. Can you not return the boon by giving me death, my lord?
Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
Synonyms
* blessing * benefitAntonyms
* baneEtymology 2
From (etyl) boon, bone, from .Adjective
(-)- Which Nature boon / Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain.
- a boon companion, loving his bottle
- --No, Mr Bloom repeated again, I wouldn't personally repose much trust in that boon companion of yours who contributes the humorous element, if I were in your shoes.
Quotations
* Which ... Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain — * A boon companion, loving his bottle —Etymology 3
From Gaelic and Irish via Scots.Noun
(-)Anagrams
* * ----bust
English
(wikipedia bust)Etymology 1
From (etyl) buste < (etyl) busto, probably from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* busty * overbust * underbustEtymology 2
From the verb .Verb
(en verb)- If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.
Synonyms
; to arrest for a crime : nickDerived terms
* bust a cap * bust a gasket * bust a move * bust a nut * bust ass cold * bust loose * bust one's ass * bust one's balls * bust one's chops * bust out * bust upNoun
(en noun)- a narcotics bust