different between benny vs benefit

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ni

Etymology 1

ben(zedrine) +? -y

Noun

benny (plural bennies)

1. (slang, usually in the plural) An amphetamine tablet.

   Coordinate term: dexy

Verb

benny (third-person singular simple present bennies, present participle bennying, simple past and past participle bennied)

1. (slang, usually with "up") To take amphetamines.

Etymology 2

From Benny.

Noun

benny (plural bennies)

1. (Britain, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“tantrum”)
2. (US, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“one-hundred-dollar bill”)

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of benefit.

Alternative forms

• bennie

Noun

benny (plural bennies)

1. (informal) A benefit.

Etymology 4

Unknown or disputed. Attested from the late 19th century. Possibly from benjamin, slang from the early 19th century for a type of greatcoat. Possibly in reference to Uncle Benny or Uncle Ben (“a pawnbroker”), who might accept coats during the warm summer months, though the latter slang term does not appear to be attested before 1920.

Noun

benny (plural bennies)

1. (slang, dated) An overcoat.
   • 1902, Clarence Louis Cullen, More Ex-Tank Tales (page 32)

     […] and figuring on where the engraved papers were going to come from that 'ud enable me to yank one of the bennies out of the eaves. Nobody ever saw me without an overcoat, and the right kind of an overcoat, […]

   • 1931, The Tomahawk of Alpha Sigma Phi (volume 28, issue 1, page 12)

     Horse-hide coats are common, but real "honest t' God" fur bennies are very, very scarce.

2. (US, slang, obsolete) A straw hat. [early 20th century]

Etymology 5

Clipping of eggs Benedict.

Noun

benny (plural bennies)

1. (informal) Synonym of eggs Benedict

References

English

Alternative forms

• benefite (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Middle English benefytt, benefett, alteration (due to Latin bene-) of benfet, bienfet, bienfait (“good or noble deed”), from Anglo-Norman benfet (“well-done”), Middle French bienfait, from Old French bienfet, bienfait (“foredeal, favour”), from past participle of bienfaire (“to do good, do well”), from bien (“well”) + faire (“to do”), modelled after Latin benefactum (“good deed”). More at benefactor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?n.?.f?t/
• (US) enPR: b?n'?f?t, IPA^(key): /?b?n.?.f?t/

Noun

benefit (countable and uncountable, plural benefits)

1. An advantage; help or aid from something.
2. (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
3. An event such as a performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
4. (obsolete) beneficence; liberality
   • c. 1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

     What was it with such violence he
     On the wild benefit of nature live took Happier than we

5. Intended audience (as for the benefit of).

Synonyms

• (advantage, help): foredeal, advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help
• (payment): subsidy

Antonyms

• (advantage, help): harm, disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, obstacle, detriment

Derived terms

• beneficial
• benefiter
• benifit (a misspelling)

Translations

See also

• lagniappe

Verb

benefit (third-person singular simple present benefits, present participle benefiting or benefitting, simple past and past participle benefited or benefitted)

1. (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
2. (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

Usage notes

• Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being minor variants, especially in the US.

Synonyms

• help, batten, behoove

Antonyms

• malefic
• detriment

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English benefit.

Noun

benefit m (invariable)

1. benefit, advantage

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?be.ne.fit/, [?b?n?f?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?be.ne.fit/, [?b??n?fit?]

Verb

benefit

1. third-person singular present passive indicative of benefaci?