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Borned vs Horned - What's the difference?

borned | horned |

As verbs the difference between borned and horned

is that borned is born while horned is past tense of horn.

As an adjective horned is

having horns.

borned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (nonstandard) born
  • *{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Harold Bell Wright, title=The Re-Creation of Brian Kent, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage="I was borned over there on yon side that there flat-topped mountain, nigh the mouth of Red Creek. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1897, author=Ruth McEnery Stuart, title=Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Yer 'ain't said nothin' 'bout yo' ma an' de ole black 'oman's baby bein' borned de same day, is yer? }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1873, author=Bret Harte, title=Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=When he had finally effected his object, and, as it were, safely landed his prize in a chair, Mr. McCorkle took off his hat, carefully wiped the narrow isthmus of forehead which divided his black brows from his stubby hair, and with an explanatory wave of his hand toward his reluctant companion, said, "A borned poet, and the cussedest fool you ever seed!" }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1812, author=James Reynolds, title=Journal of an American Prisoner at Fort Malden and Quebec in the War of 1812, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Women deprived of decency are the damdest creatures that ever were borned . 7th. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1908, author=Edith Van Dyne, title=Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=They dresses as fine as the Queen o' Sheba, Tom says; but they romp 'round just like they was borned in the country. }}

    horned

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having horns.
  • A goat is an example of a horned animal.
  • * Coleridge
  • The horned moon with one bright star / Within the nether tip.
    Synonyms
    * cornigerous
    Derived terms
    * African horned cucumber * horned desert viper * horned dilemma * horned frog * horned gopher * horned grebe * horned lark * horned lizard * horned melon * horned owl * horned puffin * horned rattlesnake * horned screamer * horned snake * horned sphere * horned toad * Saharan horned viper

    See also

    * horny * cuckold

    Etymology 2

    See (horn) (verb)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (horn)
  • Anagrams

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