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Boost vs Benefit - What's the difference?

boost | benefit |

As nouns the difference between boost and benefit

is that boost is a push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help while benefit is an advantage, help, sake or aid from something.

As verbs the difference between boost and benefit

is that boost is to lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement while benefit is to be or to provide a benefit to.

boost

English

(Boost)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.
  • (automotive engineering) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.

    • Derived terms

    * battery booster * booster * boosterism

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.
  • (slang) To steal.
  • To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    benefit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advantage, help, sake or aid from something.
  • *
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  • A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
  • A performance, etc, given to raise funds for some cause.
  • (obsolete) beneficence; liberality

    • Derived terms

    * beneficial * benefiter

    Synonyms

    * (advantage, help ): foredeal, advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help * (payment ): subsidy

    Antonyms

    * (advantage, help ): disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, obstacle, detriment

    See also

    * lagniappe

    Verb

  • To be or to provide a benefit to.
  • * Bible, Jer. xviii. 10
    • I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
  • To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

    • Usage notes

    * Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being a minor variant especially in the US.

    Synonyms

    * help, batten

    Antonyms

    * malefic * detriment

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from "benefit") * benefit association * benefit dollar * benefit in kind * benefit of clergy * benefit principle * benefit society * benefit-cost analysis * benefit-cost ratio * benefits coordinator * bennies * cafeteria benefit * child tax benefit * core benefit * cost-benefit analysis * death benefit * elective benefit * employee benefit * equivalent annual benefit * family benefit * friend with benefits * fringe benefit * income-related benefit * injury benefit * maternity benefit * means-tested benefit * nonstatutory fringe benefit * nonwage benefit * private benefit * risk-benefit * sickness benefit * state benefit * stranded benefit * supplementary benefit * survivor benefit * unemployment benefit * variable death benefit *

    Related terms

    (terms related to "benefit") * benefactor * beneficence * beneficent * beneficiary