Crony vs Corny - What's the difference?

crony | corny |

Corny is a anagram of crony.

In obsolete terms the difference between crony and corny

is that crony is an old woman; a crone while corny is strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.

As a noun crony

is close friend.

As an adjective corny is

insipid or trite.

crony

English

Noun

(cronies)

(informal) Close friend.

* Washington Irving

He soon found his former cronies , though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time.

(informal) Trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization.

(obsolete) An old woman; a crone.

* Burton

Marry not an old crony .

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* cronyism

References

Anagrams

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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.