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Dog vs Benny - What's the difference?

dog | benny |

As nouns the difference between dog and benny

is that dog is a mammal, canis lupus familiaris , that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding while benny is a stupid or dull-witted person or benny can be (label) a one-hundred-dollar bill.

As a verb dog

is to pursue with the intent to catch.

As a proper noun benny is

a male nickname for benjamin or benny can be a female nickname for bernice or bernadette.

dog

English

Acronym

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    benny

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviated from

    Noun

    (bennies)
  • (slang) An amphetamine tablet.
  • (UK, slang) A tantrum; a fit of furious or erratic behaviour.
  • * 2001 , "Neil Davey", Sacked Referees'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.champ-man )
    • BTW, you might like to see what happens to CM00-01 when one of your sticks of memory decides to have a benny :
  • * 2010 , Ian Sansom, The Bad Book Affair
    • 'Like I told the police, I think she's just having a benny .'
  • * 2011 , Kate Morgan, Wicked Games (page 34)
    • "Stop having a benny , Liam." Gwen was getting agitated. Liam was failing miserably at his attempts to get Casey to back down.

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of benefit

    Alternative forms

    * bennie

    Noun

    (bennies)
  • A benefit.
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