The difference between Boon and Minus
When used as nouns, boon means a prayer, whereas minus means a minus sign (−).
When used as adjectives, boon means good, whereas minus means negative.
Minus is also preposition with the meaning: without.
Minus is also verb with the meaning: to subtract.
check bellow for the other definitions of Boon and Minus
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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.
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Minus as a preposition (informal):
Without.
Examples:
"I walked out minus my coat''."
"synonyms: lacking without"
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Minus as a preposition (mathematics):
less; reduced by.
Examples:
"seven minus two is five"
"ant plus"
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Minus as an adjective (mathematics):
Negative.
Examples:
"a minus number"
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Minus as an adjective:
On the negative part of a scale.
Examples:
"minus seven degrees"
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Minus as an adjective (postpositive):
Ranking just below a designated rating.
Examples:
"He got a grade of B minus for his essay."
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Minus as a noun (mathematics):
A minus sign (−).
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Minus as a noun (mathematics):
A negative quantity.
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Minus as a noun:
A downside or disadvantage.
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Minus as a verb (transitive, colloquial):
To subtract.
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