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Reuben vs Ben - What's the difference?

reuben | ben |

As a noun reuben

is a grilled or toasted sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, and either russian dressing or thousand island dressing.

As a proper noun reuben

is (biblical) first son of jacob, by his wife leah.

As an adverb ben is

well.

reuben

English

Alternative forms

* Ruben * Rubin

Noun

(en noun)
  • A grilled or toasted sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and either Russian dressing or Thousand Island dressing.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (biblical) First son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
  • (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Reuben.
  • A male given name.

    • Quotations

    * 1611 — 35:22b-26 *: Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben , Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. * 1611 — 13:15 *: And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

    Derived terms

    * Reubenite

    See also

    * * (Reuben sandwich)

    ben

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ben, bene, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A prayer; a petition.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ben, bene, variation of bin, .

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (Scotland, northern England) In, into.
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 32:
    • And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.

    Adjective

  • Inner, interior.
    • Derived terms
    * ben-end, ben-room

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
    • Derived terms
    * but and ben

    Etymology 3

    Probably representing a North African pronunciation of (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
  • The winged seed of the ben tree.
  • The oil of the ben seed.
    • Synonyms
    * (tree) (l), (l), (l)
    Derived terms
    * ben-nut

    Etymology 4

    (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * Ben

    Noun

    (-)
  • (usually, capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).

    • Etymology 5

    From (etyl) beinn

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.

    • Anagrams

    * English three-letter words ----