Blessing
Blessing noun - Something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing.
Usage example: winning the lottery shortly after being laid off was an unexpected blessing
Bane
Bane noun - A source of harm or misfortune.
Usage example: regarding the new laborsaving machinery as a bane, the 19th-century Luddites went about destroying it in protest
How words are described
| equal | equal blessing | equal bane |
| particular | particular blessing | particular bane |
| dying | dying blessing | dying bane |
| real | real blessing | real bane |
| Other adjectives: personal, unique, traditional, minor. | ||
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