Chunky vs Corny - What's the difference?
chunky | corny |
having chunks
(euphemistic, of a person) fat
Insipid or trite.
Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
(obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
* Prior
Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
* Chaucer
(obsolete, UK, slang) tipsy; drunk
(obsolete) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
* Milton
As adjectives the difference between chunky and corny
is that chunky is having chunks while corny is insipid or trite or corny can be (obsolete) strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.As a noun chunky
is (native american game).chunky
English
Etymology 1
chunk + -yAdjective
(en-adj)- I ate a chunky bar of chocolate.
- I prefer chunky blonde girls to skinny brunettes.
Synonyms
* (overweight) portly, rotund, obese, cankle, huskyEtymology 2
See chunkey.corny
English
Etymology 1
; in the "hackneyed" sense, from "corn catalogue jokes", reputedly low-quality jokes that were formerly printed in mail-order seed catalogues.Adjective
(er)- The duct tape and wire were a pretty corny solution.
- 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!
- The corny ear.
- A draught of moist and corny ale.
- (Forby)
Synonyms
* (hackneyed or excessively sentimental) kitsch, kitschy, cheesyEtymology 2
(etyl) (lena) .Adjective
(en adjective)- Up stood the corny reed.