What is the difference between corny and cheesy?
corny | cheesy | Synonyms |
Insipid or trite.
Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
(obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
* Prior
Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
* Chaucer
(obsolete, UK, slang) tipsy; drunk
(obsolete) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
* Milton
of or relating to cheese
resembling, or containing cheese
(informal) of poor quality through being overdramatic, excessively emotional or , trite, contrived, shoddy
* 2008 , Jeff Spanke, Second Hand Out (page 86)
* 2012 , Ginny Felch, Photographing Children Photo Workshop
Cheesy is a synonym of corny.
As adjectives the difference between corny and cheesy
is that corny is insipid or trite while cheesy is of or relating to cheese.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)- The duct tape and wire were a pretty corny solution.
- 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!
- The corny ear.
- A draught of moist and corny ale.
- (Forby)
Synonyms
* (hackneyed or excessively sentimental) kitsch, kitschy, cheesyEtymology 2
(etyl) (lena) .Adjective
(en adjective)- Up stood the corny reed.
Anagrams
*cheesy
English
Adjective
(er)- This sandwich is full of cheesy goodness.
- a cheesy flavor
- I like pizzas with a cheesy crust.
- a cheesy song
- a cheesy movie
- Needless to say, toward the end of Martin's first term, the relationship he once enjoyed with President Waverly had evolved into a slapdash charade of cheap promises and cheesy smiles.
- There is something about 5- and 6-year-olds that makes them ever-ready to pose with the big, cheesy grin with no provocation.