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Horned vs Orned - What's the difference?

horned | orned |

As verbs the difference between horned and orned

is that horned is (horn) while orned is (orn).

As an adjective horned

is having horns.

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

    *

    orned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (orn)

    • orn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To ornament; to adorn.
    • (Joye)
    (Webster 1913)