Nonce vs Benjamin - What's the difference?
nonce | benjamin |
The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce ).
* 1857 , , chapter 6:
(lexicography) A nonce word.
denoting something occurring once.
(British, slang, pejorative) A sex offender, especially of children; a paedophile.
(British, slang) A stupid or worthless person.
(cryptography) A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.
* 1999 , Network Working Group, RFC 2617 – HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication , The Internet Society, page 22,
A balsamic resin from the bark of Styrax trees used in perfumes, incense, and medicine; benzoin resin.
A type of tree which produces benzoin or has similar properties; specifically, .
(UK, informal, dated) A kind of upper coat for men.
* 1826 , The Atheneum: Volume 18 (page 236)
As nouns the difference between nonce and benjamin
is that nonce is the one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce ) or nonce can be (british|slang|pejorative) a sex offender, especially of children; a paedophile or nonce can be (cryptography) a value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks while benjamin is baby (lastborn of a family).As an adjective nonce
is denoting something occurring once.nonce
English
(wikipedia nonce)Etymology 1
From a misdivision in (etyl) of .Noun
(en noun)- That will do for the nonce , but we'll need a better answer for the long term.
- 'Idiot!' exclaimed the doctor, who for the nonce was not capable of more than such spasmodic attempts at utterance.
- I had thought that the term was a nonce , but it seems as if it's been picked up by other authors.
Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* for the nonce * nonce word * nonce borrowingEtymology 2
, from Nancy boy. See for further discussion.Noun
(en noun)- That bloke who lives at number 53 is a nonce!
- Shut it, ya nonce!
Etymology 3
Contraction of number used once .Noun
(en noun)- In this protocol we use the serial number of the message as a nonce .
- The information gained by the eavesdropper would permit a replay attack, but only with a request for the same document, and even that may be limited by the server's choice of nonce .
benjamin
English
Etymology 1
From benzoin.Noun
(en noun)- something which is not long enough to constitute a benjamin , and too long for a dress coat or spencer