Corniest vs Corkiest - What's the difference?

corniest | corkiest |

As adjectives the difference between corniest and corkiest

is that corniest is superlative of corny while corkiest is superlative of corky.

corniest

English

Adjective

(head)

(corny)

Anagrams

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)

Insipid or trite.

The duct tape and wire were a pretty corny solution.

Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

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!

(obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.

* Prior

The corny ear.

Containing corn; tasting well of malt.

* Chaucer

A draught of moist and corny ale.

(obsolete, UK, slang) tipsy; drunk

(Forby)

Synonyms

* (hackneyed or excessively sentimental) kitsch, kitschy, cheesy

Etymology 2

(etyl) (lena) .

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.

* Milton

Up stood the corny reed.

Anagrams

corkiest

English

Adjective

(head)

(corky)

Anagrams

* *

corky

English

Adjective

(er)

Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.

This one smells a bit corky ; get me another bottle.

Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.

* Shakespeare

Bind fast his corky arms.

Synonyms

* (like cork) suberose, suberous (in botany)

Noun

(corkies)

(AU, slang) An injury caused by a blow ("corking").