What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Corned vs Corsned - What's the difference?

corned | corsned |

As an adjective corned

is consisting of grains; granulated.

As a noun corsned is

(legal|obsolete) the morsel of execration; an ordeal consisting of the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation if the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt.

corned

English

Adjective

(head)
  • consisting of grains; granulated
  • (of meat) preserved in salt

    • Derived terms

    * corned beef

    corsned

    English

    Noun

  • (legal, obsolete) The morsel of execration; an ordeal consisting of the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt.
    • (Burrill)
    (Webster 1913)