Cornet vs Carnet - What's the difference?
cornet | carnet |
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK) an ice cream cone.
(obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
* Clarendon
A kind of organ stop.
The white headdress worn by the (Sisters of Charity).
(obsolete) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
(historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
(legal) A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article
* {{quote-book, 2003, Jim Hudgens et al., The Rough Guide to West Africa
, passage=If you plan to sell your car, of course, a carnet is the last thing you need: if the vehicle isn't correctly stamped in and out of each country you'll lose your deposit.}}
A collection of travel tickets in the form of a booklet that is sold at a discount
* If you think you're going to use more than ten single trip tickets within Zone 1 in a twelve month period, you can buy a carnet of ten tickets for £17 - your cost per journey reduces from £2 down to £1.70.
As nouns the difference between cornet and carnet
is that cornet is a musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat while carnet is a customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article.cornet
English
(wikipedia cornet)Etymology 1
From (etyl) cornet, diminutive of a popular reflex of (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- A body of five cornets of horse.
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) cornette, diminutive of corne, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cornetcyAnagrams
* ----carnet
English
Noun
(en noun)citation