Corny vs. Horny

Corny vs. Horny — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Corny and Horny

Cornyadjective

Boring and unoriginal.

The duct tape and wire were a pretty corny solution.

Hornyadjective

Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.

Cornyadjective

Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

The movie was okay, but the love scene was really corny.He sent a bouquet of twelve red roses and a card: "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, And so are you." How corny is that!

Hornyadjective

Having horns

"In 1997, 4th and 5th grade Waterville Elementary students told me they saw Short-horned lizards (commonly known as Horny toads) all around their area." http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/projects/waterville/begin.html

Cornyadjective

(obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.

Hornyadjective

(informal) Sexually aroused.

That girl makes me feel horny.
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Cornyadjective

Containing corn; tasting well of malt.

Hornyadjective

Sexually arousing.

Cornyadjective

tipsy; drunk

Hornyadjective

feeling great sexual desire;

feeling horny

Cornyadjective

(obsolete) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.

Hornyadjective

having horns or hornlike projections;

horny coralhorny (or horned) frog
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Cornyadjective

dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality;

bromidic sermons

Hornyadjective

made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)