The difference between Blessing and Boon

When used as nouns, blessing means some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward, whereas boon means a prayer.


Boon is also adjective with the meaning: good.

check bellow for the other definitions of Blessing and Boon

  1. Blessing as a noun:

    Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.

  2. Blessing as a noun:

    A pronouncement invoking divine aid.

  3. Blessing as a noun:

    Good fortune.

  4. Blessing as a noun (paganism):

    A modern pagan ceremony.

  5. Blessing as a noun:

    The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.

    Examples:

    "We will not proceed without the executive director's blessing.'"

  6. Blessing as a noun:

    Something someone is glad of.

    Examples:

    "After two weeks of sun, last night's rainfall was a blessing."

  7. Blessing as a noun:

    A prayer before a meal; grace.

  8. Blessing as a noun:

    A group of unicorns.

  1. Blessing as a verb:

  1. Boon as a noun (obsolete):

    A prayer; petition.

  2. Boon as a noun (archaic):

    That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.

  3. Boon as a noun:

    A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.

    Examples:

    "Finding the dry cave was a boon to the weary travellers."

    "Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery."

  4. Boon as a noun (UK, _, dialectal):

    An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.

  1. Boon as an adjective (obsolete):

    good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage"

  2. Boon as an adjective:

    kind; bountiful; benign

  3. Boon as an adjective:

    (Fossil word used only in idiom pairing it with subsequent "companion") gay; merry; jovial; convivial

  1. Boon as a noun:

    The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

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