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Crone vs Cornet - What's the difference?

crone | cornet |

As nouns the difference between crone and cornet

is that crone is (wicca) one of the triune goddesses of the lady in wicca alongside the mother and maiden and representing an old woman while cornet is a musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of b-flat or cornet can be the white headdress worn by the (sisters of charity).

crone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) An old woman.
  • * Dryden
  • But still the crone was constant to her note.
  • An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman.
  • An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
  • (obsolete) An old ewe.
  • (Tusser)
  • (obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
  • * Beaconsfield
  • A few old battered crones of office.
  • * Washington Irving
  • The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel which his master had given him.

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    cornet

    English

    (wikipedia cornet)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) cornet, diminutive of a popular reflex of (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 body of five cornets of horse.
  • A kind of organ stop.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) cornette, diminutive of corne, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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).
  • Derived terms
    * cornetcy

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