Corn vs. Horn — What's the Difference?

A tall cereal plant with a stout annual species that produces large grains, or kernels, set in rows on a cob.

A hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found on the heads of various ungulate mammals.

The kernels of this plant, used as food.

Made primarily of keratin, these structures serve various functions from defense to display.

A staple food that is integral to many diets around the world.

Removed from some domesticated animals for safety in farming contexts.

A cone-shaped and often painful inwardly directed callus of dead skin that forms at a pressure point near a bone, or on a weight-bearing part of the body.

A hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes, etc. and consisting of a core of bone encased in keratinized skin.

The chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats

The substance of which horns are composed

Something banal or sentimental

A horn-shaped projection or object.

A small, painful area of thickened skin on the foot, especially on the toes, caused by pressure.

A wind instrument, conical in shape or wound into a spiral, originally made from an animal horn (now typically brass) and played by lip vibration.

Any of numerous cultivated forms of a widely grown, usually tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) bearing grains or kernels on large ears.

A device sounding a warning or other signal

The grains or kernels of this plant, used as food for humans and livestock or for the extraction of an edible oil or starch. Also called Indian corn, maize.

(of an animal) butt or gore with the horns

An ear of this plant.

Be unfaithful to (one's husband or wife)

Chiefly British Any of various cereal plants or grains, especially the principal crop cultivated in a particular region, such as wheat in England or oats in Scotland.

One of the hard, usually permanent structures projecting from the head of certain mammals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes, consisting of a bony core covered with a sheath of keratinous material.

A single grain of a cereal plant.

A hard protuberance, such as an antler or projection on the head of a giraffe or rhinoceros, that is similar to or suggestive of a horn.

A seed or fruit of various other plants, such as a peppercorn.

The hard smooth keratinous material forming the outer covering of the horns of cattle or related animals.

Corn snow.

A natural or synthetic substance resembling this material.

(Informal) Corn whiskey.

A container, such as a powder horn, made from a horn.

(Slang) Something considered trite, dated, melodramatic, or unduly sentimental.

A horn of plenty; a cornucopia.

A horny thickening of the skin, usually on or near a toe, resulting from pressure or friction. Also called clavus.

Either of the ends of a new moon.

To cause to form hard particles; granulate.

The point of an anvil.

To season and preserve with granulated salt.

The pommel of a saddle.

To preserve (beef, for example) in brine.

An ear trumpet.

To feed (animals) with corn or grain.

A device for projecting sound waves, as in a loudspeaker.

To form hard particles; become grainy

A hollow, metallic electromagnetic transmission antenna with a circular or rectangular cross section.

Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.

A wind instrument made of an animal horn.

Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.

A brass instrument, such as a trombone or tuba.

A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.

A French horn.

A small, hard particle.

A wind instrument, such as a trumpet or saxophone, used in a jazz band.

(uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.

A usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound:an automobile horn.

Bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms

Any of various noisemakers operated by blowing or by squeezing a hollow rubber ball.

Money.

(Slang)A telephone.

A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.

To join without being invited; intrude. Used with in.

(countable) inflammatory disease of horse hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.

(countable) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.

(countable) skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.

Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.

Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.

An antler.

To granulate; to form a substance into grains

(uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.

To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef

An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia, the point of an anvil, or a vessel for gunpowder or liquid.

To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed

The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.

To render intoxicated

(architectural element) The Ionic volute.

To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).

(nautical) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.

A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

(carpentry) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.

A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.

One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.

The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.

(countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.

A tall cereal plant (Zea mays) bearing its seeds as large kernels in multiple rows on the surface of a hard cylindrical ear, the core of which (the cob) is not edible; - also called Indian corn and, in technical literature, maize. There are several kinds; as, yellow corn, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; white corn or southern corn, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; sweet corn, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; pop corn, any small variety, used for popping. Corn seeds may be cooked while on the ear and eaten directly, or may be stripped from the ear and cooked subsequently. The term Indian corn is often used to refer to a primitive type of corn having kernels of varied color borne on the same cob; it is used for decoration, especially in the fall.

An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.

The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.

A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.

A small, hard particle; a grain.

A sound signaling the expiration of time.

To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.

(countable) A conical device used to direct waves.

To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.

Generally, any brass wind instrument.

To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.

A telephone.

To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.

An erection of the penis.

Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land.

The dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

(countable) A diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming ơ and ư.

Ears of corn grown for human food

(botany) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).

A hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

(military) In naval mine warfare, a projection from the mine shell of some contact mines which, when broken or bent by contact, causes the mine to fire.

Annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

To assault with the horns.

Whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

(transitive) To furnish with horns.

Something sentimental or trite;

To cuckold.

Feed (cattle) with corn

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed.

Preserve with salt;

The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed.

Ground dried corn used as animal feed or for cooking.

Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form;

A type of sweetener known as corn syrup, used in many processed foods.

An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).

Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn

One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.

The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.

The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn.

A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride.

An emblem of a cuckold; - used chiefly in the plural.

The telephone; as, on the horn.

A body of water shaped like a horn; as, the Golden Horn in Istanbul.

To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.

To cause to wear horns; to cuckold.

A noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

One of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

A noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;

A high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)

A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

Any outgrowth from the head of an organism that resembles a horn

The material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

An alarm device that makes a loud warning sound

A brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

A device on an automobile for making a warning noise

Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk;

Sometimes used symbolically in cultures as a sign of strength or as a musical instrument.

In literature and mythology, horns are often attributes of mythological creatures.

Animals have horns for defense, to establish dominance during mating, and to deter predators.

Intensive corn farming can lead to pesticide runoff, soil erosion, and biodiversity loss due to habitat changes.

In species like deer, horns (more accurately, antlers) are shed and regrown annually, while in others like cows, once removed, horns do not regrow.

Yes, much of the corn grown commercially is genetically modified for traits such as pest resistance and increased yield.

Corn is planted in the spring, grows through the summer, and is harvested in the fall when the kernels are ripe.

Corn is used for human consumption, as animal feed, and in industrial products like biofuels and corn syrup.

No, horns are specific to certain species such as cattle, goats, and rhinos, among others.

Horns can affect mating behaviors and social hierarchy within groups of animals and are used in fights for dominance or mating rights.

Horns have various cultural significances, including use in traditional medicines, musical instruments, and as symbols of power and status in many societies.

Corn syrup is primarily glucose, while high-fructose corn syrup has undergone processing to increase the fructose content, making it sweeter.