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Thorned vs Horned - What's the difference?

thorned | horned |

As verbs the difference between thorned and horned

is that thorned is (thorn) while horned is (horn).

As adjectives the difference between thorned and horned

is that thorned is containing thorns while horned is having horns.

thorned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (thorn)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • containing thorns
  • * {{quote-book, year=1914, author=John Symonds, title=Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=A prickly bindweed (the Smilax Sarsaparilla ) forms a feature in the near landscape, with its creamy odoriferous blossoms, coral berries, and glossy thorned leaves. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1863, author=Various, title=The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=In these we always find that the thorned holly is spoken of as male, and the Ivy as female. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1990, date=January 19, author=James Krohe Jr., title=Green Streets, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=In its native form the branches of the honey locust are thorned and bear seed pods up to a foot long. }}

    Anagrams

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    horned

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having horns.
    • A goat is an example of a horned animal.
  • * Coleridge
    • The horned moon with one bright star / Within the nether tip.
    Synonyms
    * cornigerous
    Derived terms
    * African horned cucumber * horned desert viper * horned dilemma * horned frog * horned gopher * horned grebe * horned lark * horned lizard * horned melon * horned owl * horned puffin * horned rattlesnake * horned screamer * horned snake * horned sphere * horned toad * Saharan horned viper

    See also

    * horny * cuckold

    Etymology 2

    See (horn) (verb)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (horn)

    • Anagrams

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