Horny vs Thorny - What's the difference?
horny | thorny |
Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.
Having horns
(informal, vulgar) Sexually aroused.
* {{quote-book, year=1949, author=Henry Miller, title=Sexus
, passage=Her thick, gurgling voice saying...: "Get it in all the way... please, please do... I’m horny ."}}
* {{quote-journal, year=1971, date=October, journal=Black World, page=65/1
, passage=Ain’t that the horny bitch that was grindin with the blind dude.}}
having thorns or spines
troublesome or vexatious
* Shakespeare
aloof and irritable
* Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
As adjectives the difference between horny and thorny
is that horny is hard or bony, like an animal's horn while thorny is having thorns or spines.horny
English
Adjective
(er)- "In 1997, 4th and 5th grade Waterville Elementary students told me they saw Short-horned lizards (commonly known as Horny toads) all around their area." http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/projects/waterville/begin.html
- That girl makes me feel horny .
Synonyms
* (hard or bony) callous, coarse, coarsened, hardened, rough * (having horns) horned * (sexually aroused) randy, toey, excited; see also * See alsoDerived terms
* (sexually aroused) horninessthorny
English
Adjective
(er)- the steep and thorny way to heaven
- 'Come, Jo, don't be thorny . After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'