Boon vs Convenience - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) A prayer; petition.
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(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a favour; benefaction; a grant; a present.
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* 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
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The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
(Webster 1913)
the quality of being suitable, useful or convenient
* Shakespeare
anything that makes for an easier life
* Cowper
* Jonathan Swift
a convenient time, especially in the phrase at one's convenience
(chiefly, British) a public toilet
Boon is a related term of convenience.
As nouns the difference between boon and convenience
is that boon is (obsolete) a prayer; petition or boon can be the woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching while convenience is the quality of being suitable, useful or convenient.As an adjective boon
is (obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage".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?
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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
* * ----convenience
English
(wikipedia convenience)Noun
(en noun)- Let's further think of this; / Weigh what convenience both of time and means / May fit us to our shape.
- Thus first Necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs
- A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences .
- Fast food is popular because of its cost and convenience .