Sane vs Bane - What's the difference?
sane | bane |
Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally.
Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
Rational; reasonable; sensible.
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.
As an adjective sane
is being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally.As a noun bane is
a cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse.As a verb bane is
to kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.sane
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Adjective
(er)- a sane mind
- a sane person
- Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.
Antonyms
* insane * crazy * unbalancedAnagrams
* * * ----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 .
