What's the difference between boon and soon?

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.

Soon


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise.
  • (adv.) Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.
  • (adv.) Promptly; quickly; easily.
  • (adv.) Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will.
  • (a.) Speedy; quick.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But soon after aid workers departed, barrel bombs dropped by Syrian helicopters caused renewed destruction.
  • (2) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
  • (3) Accidentally discovered nearly 40 years ago as the first true antidepressants, the MAOIs soon fell into disfavor due to concerns about toxicity and seemingly lesser efficacy compared with the newer tricyclic compounds.
  • (4) But the Franco-British spat sparked by Dave's rejection of Angela and Nicolas's cunning plan to save the euro has been given wings by news the US credit agencies may soon strip France of its triple-A rating and is coming along very nicely, thank you. "
  • (5) Mechanical ventilation was soon instituted and several antibiotics and acyclovir were administered intravenously, with marked effects.
  • (6) Johnson and Campion are optimistic that marriage equality will win out, and soon.
  • (7) Tap the relevant details into Google, though, and the real names soon appear before your eyes: the boss in question, stern and yet oddly quixotic, is Phyllis Westberg of Harold Ober Associates.
  • (8) Evx-1 RNA is first detected shortly before the onset of gastrulation in a region of ectoderm containing cells that will soon be found in the primitive streak.
  • (9) There were soon tales of claimants dying after having had money withdrawn, but the real administrative problem was the explosion of appeals, which very often succeeded because many medical problems were being routinely ignored at the earlier stage.
  • (10) Will the United fans' eternal favourite soon add his voice to that of 140,000 fans?
  • (11) These cycles of treatment were repeated as soon as the hematologic restoration was complete.
  • (12) Opposition politicians such as Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam and Chee Soon Juan , brought low for daring to disagree.
  • (13) Noradrenaline turnover and metabolism are altered soon after imposing increased workload on heart.
  • (14) Isolates from patients who failed to clear the organism from their stools or who had cholera soon after tetracycline prophylaxis had increased minimum inhibitory concentrations of the drug.
  • (15) Reinduction chemotherapy was given as soon as relapse was diagnosed in the marrow.
  • (16) Giving voice to that sentiment the mass-selling daily newspaper Ta Nea dedicated its front-page editorial to what it hoped would soon be the group's demise, describing Alexopoulos' desertion as a "positive development".
  • (17) Because many individuals begin smoking soon after joining the Navy, effective prevention programs need to be implemented in recruit training and repeated in early training schools.
  • (18) The flattening of neutrophils occurred soon after settling, and was not followed by extension.
  • (19) Clinical trials in head injury will begin soon in selected centers in the United States.
  • (20) Weir soon has to hack away a cross from Bodmer which would otherwise have found Govou in the box.