Benison vs. Venison — What's the Difference?

Benison is a surname.

Venison originally meant the meat of a game animal but now refers primarily to the meat of elk or deer (or antelope in South Africa). Venison can be used to refer to any part of the animal, so long as it can be consumed, including the internal organs.

A blessing; a benediction.

The flesh of a deer used as food.

A blessing; benediction.

(Archaic) The flesh of a game animal used as food.

Blessing; beatitude; benediction.

The meat of a deer.

A spoken blessing

(South Africa) The meat of an antelope.

(obsolete) The meat of any wild animal that has been hunted rather than raised domestically.

Beasts of the chase.

Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively.

Meat from a deer used as food