Hardship vs Bane - What's the difference?
hardship | bane | Related terms |
(countable or uncountable) Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse
* Herbert
(dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants
(obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer
(obsolete) destruction; death
* Milton
A disease of sheep; the rot.
To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
To be the bane of.
Hardship is a related term of bane.
As nouns the difference between hardship and bane
is that hardship is (countable or uncountable) difficulty or trouble; hard times while bane is dwelling, abode, residence, half dilapidated house.hardship
English
Noun
(en noun)- He has survived periods of financial hardship before.
bane
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(wikipedia bane)Etymology 1
From (etyl) bane, from (etyl) bana, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the bane of my existence
- Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe.
- The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane .