boon
boon | bene |
As nouns the difference between boon and bene 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 bene is a prayer, especially to god; a petition; a boon. As a adjective boon is (obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage".
boon | bane | Antonyms |
Bane is an antonym of boon. Boon is an antonym of bane. In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between boon and bane is that boon is (obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage" while bane is (obsolete) destruction; death. As nouns the difference between boon and bane 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 bane is a cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse or bane can be (chiefly|scotland) a bone. As a adjective boon is (obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage". As a verb bane is to kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
boon | benefit |
Boon is a synonym of benefit. As nouns the difference between boon and benefit 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 benefit is an advantage, help or aid from something. As a adjective boon is (obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage". As a verb benefit is to be or to provide a benefit to.
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