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Cornifies vs Carnifies - What's the difference?

cornifies | carnifies |

As verbs the difference between cornifies and carnifies

is that cornifies is third-person singular of cornify while carnifies is third-person singular of carnify.

cornifies

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cornify)

    • cornify

    English

    Verb

  • (chiefly, medicine) To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance
  • *{{quote-book, 1985, Moschella & Hurley, Dermatology, edition=2nd ed., volume=1 citation
    • , passage=No longer in contact with an inner root sheath, the isthmus epithelium cornifies without a granular zone, and the thin cornified layer is composed of compactly arranged cornified cells.}}

    Derived terms

    *cornification

    carnifies

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (carnify)

    • carnify

    English

    Verb

  • To form flesh; to become like flesh.
    • (Webster 1913)