Licence vs Boon - What's the difference?
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(British, Canada, Australia)
(UK, Canada, nonstandard)
(obsolete) A prayer; petition.
* :
(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a favour; benefaction; a grant; a present.
* :
* 1872 , (James De Mille), The Cryptogram :
A good; a blessing or benefit; a great privilege; a thing to be thankful for.
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(obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage"
kind; bountiful; benign
* Milton
gay; merry; jovial; convivial
* Arbuthnot
* Episode 16
The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
(Webster 1913)
Licence is a related term of boon.
As nouns the difference between licence and boon
is that licence is (british|canada|australia) while 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.As a verb licence
is (uk|canada|nonstandard).As an adjective boon is
(obsolete) good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage".licence
English
Noun
Derived terms
* artistic licence * off-licence * free on license * licenced * licentiate * licentious * poetic licence * road fund licenceVerb
(licenc)Usage notes
* In British English, Canadian English, Irish English, Australian English, and New Zealand English the noun is spelt licence'' and the verb is ''license . * The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.boon
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- For which to God he made so many an idle boon
- Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above
- I gave you life. Can you not return the boon by giving me death, my lord?
Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
Synonyms
* blessing * benefitAntonyms
* baneEtymology 2
From (etyl) boon, bone, from .Adjective
(-)- Which Nature boon / Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain.
- a boon companion, loving his bottle
- --No, Mr Bloom repeated again, I wouldn't personally repose much trust in that boon companion of yours who contributes the humorous element, if I were in your shoes.