Ben vs Zen - What's the difference?
ben | zen |
(Scotland, northern England) In, into.
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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).
(religion) A denomination of Buddhism elaborated in Japan.
(informal) A philosophy of calm, reminiscent of that of the Buddhist denomination.
As nouns the difference between ben and zen
is that ben is a prayer; a petition while Zen is a denomination of Buddhism elaborated in Japan.As adjectives the difference between ben and zen
is that ben is inner, interior while Zen is extremely relaxed and collected.As a preposition ben
is in, into.As a proper noun Ben
is a diminutive of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.ben
English
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.