different between benefaction vs handout
benefaction
English
Etymology
From Latin benefacti?nem, from benefacere (“to benefit”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b?n??fak?(?)n/
Noun
benefaction (countable and uncountable, plural benefactions)
- An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
- 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford 2008, p. 70:
- We all feel that sleep is a benefaction [transl. Wohlthat] to our psychical life, and the obscure awareness of the popular mind is clearly unwilling to be robbed of its prejudice that the dream is one of the ways in which sleep confers its benefactions.
- 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford 2008, p. 70:
- An act of charity; almsgiving.
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handout
English
Etymology
From hand +? out, from the phrasal verb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hænda?t/
Noun
handout (plural handouts)
- A worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use.
- A gift to the poor or needy.
- A gift, something obtained without effort.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- They had contributed heavily to their own downfall, most glaringly with the senselessness of Chris Smalling’s red card, and they should know by now that Manuel Pellegrini’s team are not the kind of opponents to pass up these kind of handouts.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
Translations
See also
- have one's hand out
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