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Comfortable vs Corn - What's the difference?

comfortable | corn |

As nouns the difference between comfortable and corn

is that comfortable is (us) a stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter while corn is drinking horn, flagon.

As an adjective comfortable

is (lb) comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.

comfortable

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (lb) Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.
  • *, II.2.6.ii:
  • *:he was going to make away himself; but meeting by chance his master Plotinus, who, perceiving by his distracted looks all was not well, urged him to confess his grief; which when he had heard, he used such comfortable speeches, that he redeemed him e faucibus Erebi .
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:a comfortable provision made for their subsistence
  • Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
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  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 18, author=Ben Dirs, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , passage=When Hape sauntered over for a try after only three minutes it looked as if England were destined for a comfortable victory, but Georgia are made of sterner stuff, as they showed when running Scotland close in Invercargill last week.}}
  • Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
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  • *, chapter=8
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable . Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
  • In a state of comfort and content.
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  • *:A great bargain also had beenthe arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
  • (lb) Strong; vigorous; valiant.
  • :(Wyclif)
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable ; hold death a while at the arm's end.
  • (lb) Serviceable; helpful.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.

    • Synonyms

    * comforting, comfy, cozy, eathful, restful, snug, cushy * (safely reliable) safe

    Antonyms

    * comfortless, uncomfortable

    Derived terms

    * comfortability * comfortable in one's own skin * comfortableness * comfortably * comfy

    Related terms

    * comforter * discomfort

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.
    • 1000 English basic words

    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.

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