Difference between Banian Tree and Banian

BANIAN TREE vs BANIAN: NOUN

East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks

A banyan (tree).
A type of loose gown worn in India.
Days in which the sailors have no flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.
The Indian fig. See Banyan.
A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.
A Hindu trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
An East Indian fig-tree, Ficus Bengalensis, natural order Urticaceæ, remarkable for the area which individual trees cover through the development of roots from the branches, which descend to the ground and become trunks for the support and nourishment of the extending crown.
Any loose or easy dress worn in the house, especially one modeled on the native dress of the Hindus.
In British India, originally, a cotton shirt worn by the Hindus. Hence— Any undergarment, even of the elastic web made in England.
A Hindu trader or merchant, especially of the province of Guzerat; one engaged in commerce generally, but more particularly one of the great traders of western India, as in the seaports of Bombay, Kurrachee, etc., who carry on a large trade with the interior of Asia by means of caravans, and with Africa by vessels.
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
A loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India

Peepul, Little leaf fig, Ficus rubiginosa, Ficus religiosa, Botany bay fig, Bo tree, Lac, Ficus, Bur, Indian banyan, Ficus bengalensis, East indian fig tree, Banyan tree, Banyan, Banian

Amrita, Brahmana, Anta, Siddartha, Prajna, Ezra, Princesse, Kalidasa, Saiva, Banian tree, East indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan, Banyan tree, Banyan

Elephant, Eagle, Broom, Boar, Mountain, Cane, Bunya, Elm, Pipal tree, Pipal, Peepul, Bo tree, Lac, Ficus, Banyan

Soochow, Jodo, Jote, Zaar, Darsana, Bori, Bhaga, Santal, Brahmana, Siddartha, Prajna, Princesse, Kalidasa, Saiva, Banyan

Salvam had beaten the Ist Year student, the latter along with the petitioner beat him on his face and tore his banian.
Banian, I realize that by now I must have started to hand out monthly salaries, and the rates just keep rising.