bane vs cancer

bane

noun
  • A cause of misery or death. 

  • A disease of sheep. 

  • Bone. 

verb
  • To be the bane of. 

  • To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of. 

cancer

noun
  • Something damaging that spreads throughout something else. 

  • A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation. 

adj
  • Extremely unpleasant and annoying. 

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