Cork vs Corn - What's the difference?
cork | corn |
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(uncountable) The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
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A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
The cork oak, Quercus suber .
(botany) The tissue that grows from the cork cambium.
To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
To blacken (as) with a burnt cork
To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.
(Australia) To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
* 2006 , Joseph N. Santamaria, The Education of Dr Joe ,
* 2007 , Shaun A. Saunders, Navigating in the New World ,
* 2008 , Christopher J. Holcroft, Canyon ,
* 2010 , Andrew Stojanovski, Dog Ear Cafe , large print 16pt,
* 2010 , , ''Ben Cousins: My Life Story ,
(snowboarding) a snowboarding aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
(snowboarding) having the property of a head over heels rotation
(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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, 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
, 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.
A small, hard particle.
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(US, Canada) To granulate; to form a substance into grains.
(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.
To render intoxicated.
A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
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(US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
* 1975 , Tschirlie, Backpacker magazine,
* 1986 , Linda Martin and Kerry Segrave, Women in Comedy? ,
* 2007 , Bob L. Cox, Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman: an East Tennessee old-time music pioneer and his musical family ,
(uncountable) short for corn snow . A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
As a proper noun cork
is principal city of county cork.As a noun corn is
drinking horn, flagon.cork
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) http://photo.pds.org:5004/view/Entry/41541Noun
- Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.
Verb
(en verb)- Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass.
- ''He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.
- ''The vicious tackle corked his leg.
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- Injuries, which seemed to be of an inconsequential nature, were often sustained, such as a sprained ankle, a dislocated phalanx, a twisted foot, a corked leg and so on.
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- As he moved away again, William winced at an ache in his thigh.
- ‘Must have corked my leg when I got up,’ he thought.
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- “I?m okay. I must have corked my thigh when Bruce fell onto me. I?ll be fine.”
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- Much to my relief he had only corked his leg when he had jumped.
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- I corked my thigh late in the game, which we won, and came off.
Derived terms
* corkboard * corker * corking * cork oak * cork off * corkscrew * corkwood * corky * uncorkEtymology 2
From the traversal path resembling that of a corkscrew. BBC Sport,"Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe", 11 February 2014
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* double cork (two such maneuvers in a single jump) * triple cork (three such maneuvers in a single jump)Adjective
(-)Anagrams
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , and (etyl) (m).Noun
(en-noun)citation
- He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
- corn of sand
- a corn of powder
Derived terms
* corn bunting * cornflour * cornmeal * cornstarch * peppercorn * sweetcornSee also
(other words for grain) * barley * cereal * grain * maize * oats * rye * wheatVerb
(en verb)- to corn gunpowder
- Corn the horses.
- ale strong enough to corn one
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m) (modern (etyl) (m)). (wikipedia corn)Noun
(en noun)- Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes / Unplagued with corns , will have a bout with you.
Synonyms
* clavusHyponyms
* callusEtymology 3
This use was first used in 1932, as corny, something appealing to country folk.Noun
(-)- 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.
- There were lots of jokes on the show and they were pure corn , but the audience didn't mind.
- The bulk of this humor was pure corn , but as hillbilly material it was meant to be that way.