different between betony vs betone

English

Alternative forms

• vetony

Etymology

From Middle English betayny, betanie, from Medieval Latin bet?nia (possibly through Old French), from Latin bet?nica or ve(t)t?nica, from Vettones, a people in Lusitania. Compare French bétoine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?t?ni/

Noun

betony (countable and uncountable, plural betonies)

1. Any plant of the genus Stachys.
   1. Stachys officinalis (syn. Betonica officinalis, an herb used in traditional European medicine.
2. (Canada, US) Any plant of the genus Pedicularis (louseworts).

Synonyms

• (Stachys): heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, lamb's ears, hedgenettle
• (Stachys officinalis): purple betony, bishopwort, wild hop, bishop's wort, common hedgenettle, lousewort, wood betony
• (Pedicularis): lousewort, wood betony

Translations

Further reading

• betony on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From be- (“at, on, upon”) +? tone.

Verb

betone (third-person singular simple present betones, present participle betoning, simple past and past participle betoned)

1. (transitive, archaic) To endow with a tone; give a special tone to; place stress upon; accentuate; emphasise.
   • 1866, James Morison, A Critical Exposition of the Third Chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans

     The position, moreover, of the verb […] shows that it is to be betoned while we read and interpret; […]

Anagrams

• Beeton, benote

Dutch

Verb

betone

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of betonen

Anagrams

• boeten

German

Pronunciation

Verb

betone

1. inflection of betonen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative