bennie vs benny

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bennie or benny?

What is the difference between bennie and benny?

bennie means "a form of amphetamine". benny means "East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil". They are pronounced identically — /ˈbɛni/ — so only the spelling and the meaning separate them.

Which is more common, bennie or benny?

benny is the more common of the two — banded "Common" against "Familiar" for bennie. Commonness is measured against a large corpus of everyday English, not judged.

Are bennie and benny pronounced the same?

Yes. Both are /ˈbɛni/, said BEN-ee. Words that sound alike and are spelled differently are homophones, and they are the commonest source of written mix-ups in English.

Can bennie and benny be used in the same place in a sentence?

Both work as nouns, so they are grammatically interchangeable. That is exactly what makes the meaning difference worth checking.

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