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
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Blessing as a noun:
Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
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Blessing as a noun:
A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
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Blessing as a noun:
Good fortune.
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Blessing as a noun (paganism):
A modern pagan ceremony.
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Blessing as a noun:
The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
Examples:
"We will not proceed without the executive director's blessing.'"
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Blessing as a noun:
Something someone is glad of.
Examples:
"After two weeks of sun, last night's rainfall was a blessing."
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Blessing as a noun:
A prayer before a meal; grace.
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Blessing as a noun:
A group of unicorns.
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Blessing as a verb:
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Boon as a noun (obsolete):
A prayer; petition.
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Boon as a noun (archaic):
That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
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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."
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Boon as a noun (UK, _, dialectal):
An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
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Boon as an adjective (obsolete):
good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage"
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Boon as an adjective:
kind; bountiful; benign
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Boon as an adjective:
(Fossil word used only in idiom pairing it with subsequent "companion") gay; merry; jovial; convivial
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Boon as a noun:
The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.