What's the difference between asset and boon?

Asset


Definition:

  • (n.) Any article or separable part of one's assets.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A statement from the company said it had assigned all its assets for the benefit of creditors, in accordance with Massachusetts' law.
  • (2) The surge the prime minister talks about can only be achieved by coordinating assets across 43 forces.
  • (3) I believe that truth sets man free.” It was a curious stance for someone who spent many years undercover as a counter-espionage informant, a government propagandist, and unofficial asset of the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • (4) Henderson was given permission to join Fulham when Brendan Rodgers arrived at Anfield in 2012 but has since developed into an important asset for the Liverpool manager, to the extent that the 24-year-old is the leading candidate to succeed Steven Gerrard as club captain when the 34-year-old leaves for LA Galaxy.
  • (5) Half a million homes were sold in Scotland, we lost a huge, huge chunk of stock, and as house prices began to escalate so any asset to the community has gone.
  • (6) The Press Association tots up a total of £26bn in asset sales last year – including the state’s Eurostar stake, 30% of the Royal Mail and a slice of Lloyds.
  • (7) And we will sell those assets that can be managed better by the private sector.
  • (8) If you get a fit Diaby back, it will be a major asset for our team.
  • (9) Unfortunately, it probably won’t happen with many countries … But if we can have a great relationship with Russia, and China, and all countries, I’m all for that, that would be a tremendous asset.
  • (10) Glencore has responded in textbook fashion: it has cut operating costs, sold assets and taken the axe to capital investment.
  • (11) The reputations of companies linked to fossil fuels are at immediate risk from a fast-growing divestment campaign, one of Europe’s biggest asset managers has warned.
  • (12) But the full detail of the report and the scale of their assets is striking.
  • (13) Above all, Addis could help close tax loopholes that allow multinational companies to report profits in tax havens – rather than where their workforces, assets or sales are.
  • (14) The Ministry of Defence has said it is “planning for a seamless transition of assets”.
  • (15) The decision to split up News Corp followed the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, which focused the attention of investors on the company's newspaper assets, which are far less profitable than its film and TV businesses.
  • (16) Declarations are not public and the New York Times said four-fifths of the assets it found were held by relatives not covered by party rules, including his mother and various in-laws.
  • (17) Work with colleagues to retrieve, centrally store, check permissions and give new life to these assets.
  • (18) A trained economist, Klatten is Germany's richest woman with assets worth $14.3bn (and 58th richest in the world).
  • (19) He’s struck a few chords with the immigration stuff, and he’s managed to capture the most valuable asset in a campaign, which is the attention of the press.
  • (20) Whether divorce interrupts the savings process or destroys assets, it is unlikely that most individuals will be able to save enough in later life to overcome the loss.

Boon


Definition:

  • (n.) A prayer or petition.
  • (n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
  • (n.) Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.
  • (n.) Kind; bountiful; benign.
  • (n.) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
  • (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Fifty-three years on, he has a broad Yorkshire accent but still speaks fluent Urdu: a boon in a constituency containing places such as Bradford, where 20% of the population are of Pakistani heritage.
  • (2) Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which organises the Oscars, has said she’s “heartbroken” by the lack of diversity and that AMPAS will be taking “dramatic steps” to adjust the balance of its membership to include more black and ethnic minority film-makers.
  • (3) Public disillusionment with mainstream parties following the expenses scandal could prove a boon, she claims.
  • (4) He was saying something I couldn’t remember what it was," Boone said.
  • (5) A dodgy brown pitch is a boon to England, isn't it?
  • (6) The awards were announced by Rush and Thor star Chris Hemsworth and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
  • (7) Using the "paired-label" technique, described by Boone et al., approximatively 7.2.
  • (8) The shift out of agricultural jobs,” he writes, “while eventually a boon for virtually all of humanity, brought significant problems along the way.
  • (9) Representatives for the Academy didn’t immediately comment on Tuesday, but speaking to the New Yorker , Boone Isaacs said her initial feeling in the aftermath of the first best picture announcement was “horror”.
  • (10) The big change in Turkey has been seeing its turbulent past and physical location as a boon, rather than a bind, said Kalin.
  • (11) Apart from anything, there’s always been one or other or us going through major surgery.” Claire says having two new sisters has been a brilliant boon to her life.
  • (12) The Boon-Leigh procedure, involving condensation of a 6-chloro-5-nitropyrimidine (22) with an alpha-amino ketone (20 or 21) followed by reduction of the nitro group, cyclization, and L-glutamylation, led to the formation of 11-deazahomofolate (29) and its 10-methyl derivative (30).
  • (13) The molecular characterization of the first human cancer antigen recognized by CTL is now under way as outlined by Boon et al in this issue.
  • (14) Discussing the result, Martin Boon, of ICM Unlimited, said: “There is inevitably random variation between different polls, which generally falls within a ‘margin of error’ of plus or minus three points.
  • (15) But they are easy to miss amid the glut of MOR crooners – Nat King Cole, Pat Boone, Mel Torme, Frank Ifield yodeling his way through Hank Williams's Lovesick Blues – and the sound of the Joe Loss Orchestra.
  • (16) There is a case to be made against Trump that his populism is bullshit,” Favreau said, citing the nomination of billionaires and former Goldman Sachs executives to cabinet positions, which will be the wealthiest in US history, and moves to unravel the Dodd-Frank reform in a boon to Wall Street.
  • (17) In addition, community health centers create jobs and are a boon to local economies in communities that are often struggling.
  • (18) Disused rail lines may be reopened – or new ones commissioned – if the climate change that raises Britain's summer temperatures also proves a boon for domestic tourism.
  • (19) And they took him by each arm and by each leg and laid him down on the table and the fifth one strapped him in.” Neither Workman nor Boone could remember the name of the man who resisted.
  • (20) Clomiphene citrate has been a boon to womankind and deserves the confidence of both patient and physician: it is a drug with a record of utility and with but minor risks.