Limited vs Corny - What's the difference?
limited | corny |
(limit)
With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
*
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
As adjectives the difference between limited and corny
is that limited is with certain (often specified) limits placed upon it while corny is insipid or trite or corny can be (obsolete) strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.As a verb limited
is (limit).limited
English
(wikipedia limited)Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
Synonyms
* finiteAntonyms
* unlimited * infinite * endlessAnagrams
*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.