boon and bane in English

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      "form": "boons and banes",
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        "plural"
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        "Something that is both a benefit and an affliction."
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        {
          "word": "a blessing and a curse"
        },
        {
          "word": "double-edged sword"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "a boon and a bane"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "both a benefit and an affliction",
          "word": "siunaus ja kirous"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "Gernan",
          "sense": "both a benefit and an affliction",
          "word": "Segen und Fluch"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "Gernan",
          "sense": "both a benefit and an affliction",
          "word": "Fluch und Segen"
        },
        {
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "both a benefit and an affliction",
          "word": "nimet u ağm"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boon and bane"
}

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      "form": "boons and banes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "a blessing and a curse"
    },
    {
      "word": "double-edged sword"
    }
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      ],
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          "benefit"
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      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "a boon and a bane"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "both a benefit and an affliction",
      "word": "siunaus ja kirous"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "Gernan",
      "sense": "both a benefit and an affliction",
      "word": "Segen und Fluch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "Gernan",
      "sense": "both a benefit and an affliction",
      "word": "Fluch und Segen"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "both a benefit and an affliction",
      "word": "nimet u ağm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boon and bane"
}

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"boon and bane" meaning in English

Noun