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

  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.

  1. Minus as a preposition (informal):

    Without.

    Examples:

    "I walked out minus my coat''."

    "synonyms: lacking without"

  2. Minus as a preposition (mathematics):

    less; reduced by.

    Examples:

    "seven minus two is five"

    "ant plus"

  1. Minus as an adjective (mathematics):

    Negative.

    Examples:

    "a minus number"

  2. Minus as an adjective:

    On the negative part of a scale.

    Examples:

    "minus seven degrees"

  3. Minus as an adjective (postpositive):

    Ranking just below a designated rating.

    Examples:

    "He got a grade of B minus for his essay."

  1. Minus as a noun (mathematics):

    A minus sign (−).

  2. Minus as a noun (mathematics):

    A negative quantity.

  3. Minus as a noun:

    A downside or disadvantage.

  1. Minus as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

    To subtract.