Bro vs Ben - What's the difference?
bro | ben |
(slang) brother; a male sibling
(slang) brother; a male comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals.
(slang) brother; an African-American.
(slang) brother; (used to address a male)
(slang) a fratboy or someone that espouses the fraternity bro culture
(Scotland, northern England) In, into.
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 32:
Inner, interior.
(Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
The winged seed of the ben tree.
The oil of the ben seed.
(usually, capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
As nouns the difference between bro and ben
is that bro is brother; a male sibling while ben is a prayer; a petition.As a preposition ben is
in, into.As an adjective ben is
inner, interior.As a proper noun Ben is
a diminutive of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.bro
English
(wikipedia bro)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* brosef * bromance * brony * cool story bro * ladybro * newbroAnagrams
*ben
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ben, bene, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) ben, bene, variation of bin, .Preposition
(English prepositions)- And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.
