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Chocolate vs Corn - What's the difference?

chocolate | corn |

As a verb chocolate

is .

As an adjective chocolate

is chocolate (attributive).

As a noun corn is

drinking horn, flagon.

chocolate

Noun

  • (uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans
  • Chocolate is a very popular treat.
  • (uncountable) A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk
  • (countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate
  • He bought her some chocolates as a gift.
  • (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate
  • As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich, deep chocolate .

    Derived terms

    * bar of chocolate * choc * choccy * chocoholic * chocolate-box * chocolate chip * chocolate leather * chocolate phosphate * chocolate plastic * chocolate tree * chocolatey, chocolaty * compound chocolate * dark chocolate * hot chocolate * milk chocolate * modeling chocolate, modelling chocolate * plain chocolate * white chocolate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of or containing chocolate.
  • Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.
  • See also

    * black bottom pie * Black Forest gateau * brownie * cacao * carob * cocoa bean * cocoa butter * * devil's food cake * ganache * lamington * marquise * mocha * mochaccino * mole * Nanaimo bar * praline * sacher torte * tollhouse cookie * truffle *

    References

    * * 2000 , Karen Dakin, Søren Wichmann, ‘Cacao and Chocolate: An Uto-Aztec perspective’, Ancient Mesoamerica , vol. 11, pages 55–75. * 1983 , Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (University of Texas Press), page 54.

    corn

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , and (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (British, uncountable) The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
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  • * {{quote-book, 1909, Johann David Wyss (Susannah Mary Paull, translator), The Swiss Family Robinson, page=462, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=0gUCAAAAQAAJ
  • , passage= I found that we had nearly a hundred bushels of corn , including wheat, maize, and barley, to add to our store.}}
  • (US, Canada, Australia, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays .
  • * {{quote-book, 1809, Edward Augustus Kendall, Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States citation
  • , passage=The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn , was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.}}
  • A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
  • He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
  • A small, hard particle.
  • * Bishop Hall:
  • corn of sand
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher:
  • a corn of powder
    Derived terms
    * corn bunting * cornflour * cornmeal * cornstarch * peppercorn * sweetcorn
    See also
    (other words for grain) * barley * cereal * grain * maize * oats * rye * wheat

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US, Canada) To granulate; to form a substance into grains.
  • to corn gunpowder
  • (US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
  • (US, Canada) To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
  • Corn the horses.
  • To render intoxicated.
  • ale strong enough to corn one

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m) (modern (etyl) (m)). (wikipedia corn)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes / Unplagued with corns , will have a bout with you.
    Synonyms
    * clavus
    Hyponyms
    * callus

    Etymology 3

    This use was first used in 1932, as corny, something appealing to country folk.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
  • * 1975 , Tschirlie, Backpacker magazine,
  • He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn , the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there.
  • * 1986 , Linda Martin and Kerry Segrave, Women in Comedy? ,
  • There were lots of jokes on the show and they were pure corn , but the audience didn't mind.
  • * 2007 , Bob L. Cox, Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman: an East Tennessee old-time music pioneer and his musical family ,
  • The bulk of this humor was pure corn , but as hillbilly material it was meant to be that way.
    Derived terms
    * cornball * corny

    Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) short for corn snow . A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
  • References

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