Guinea vs. Bean — What's the Difference?

Guinea ( (listen)), officially the Republic of Guinea (French: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea (French: Guinée française), the modern country is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry, after its capital and largest city Conakry, to distinguish it from other countries with "Guinea" in the name and the eponymous region, such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea.

A bean is the seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes throughout the world.

A gold coin issued in England from 1663 to 1813 and worth one pound and one shilling.

Any of various twining herbs of the genus Phaseolus in the pea family, native to the Americas, having leaves with three leaflets and variously colored flowers, and widely cultivated for their edible pods and seeds.

The sum of one pound and one shilling.

A seed or pod of any of these plants.

Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or descent.

Any of several related plants or their seeds or pods, such as the adzuki bean, broad bean, or soybean.

A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.

Any of various other plants or their seeds or fruits, especially those suggestive of beans such as the coffee bean or vanilla bean.

Synonym of guinea fowl

(Slang) A person's head.

A person of Italian descent.

Beans(Slang) A small amount

A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.

Chiefly British A fellow; a chap.

A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817.

To hit (another) on the head with a thrown object, especially a pitched baseball.

A former British gold coin worth 21 shillings

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

Offensive terms for a person of Italian descent

The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean).

A republic in eastern Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958

The edible seedpod of such a plant.

A west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world

(by extension) The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such a a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.

(by extension) An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items.

(slang) The head or brain.

(slang) The clitoris.

A person.

A guinea coin.

Money.

(software) JavaBean

To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.

A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.

The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.

Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae

Any of various seeds or fruits suggestive of beans

Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods

Informal terms for a human head

Hit on the head, esp. with a pitched baseball