Sam vs Ben - What's the difference?
sam | ben |
, a diminutive or shortening of Samuel'', or rarely of ''Samson .
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(Ireland, informal) The (Sam Maguire Cup) awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.
(Scotland, northern England) In, into.
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 32:
Inner, interior.
(Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
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.
(usually, capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
As an adjective sam
is (etymology 1 only, spelled specifically to distinguish it from etymology 2 ).As an adverb ben is
well.sam
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Proper noun
(s)Noun
(-)Derived terms
* Silent SamAnagrams
* English unisex given names ----ben
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) ben, bene, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) ben, bene, variation of bin, .Preposition
(English prepositions)- 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.