Cornet vs. Coronet — What's the Difference?

The cornet (, US: ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B♭, though there is also a soprano cornet in E♭ and cornets in A and C. All are unrelated to the Renaissance and early Baroque cornett.

A coronet is a small crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring. By one definition, a coronet differs from other kinds of crowns in that a coronet never has arches, and from a tiara in that a coronet completely encircles the head, while a tiara does not.

A brass instrument resembling a trumpet but shorter and wider.

A small crown worn by princes and princesses and by other nobles below the rank of sovereign.

A cone-shaped wafer filled with ice cream.

A chaplet or headband decorated with gold or jewels.

The fifth grade of commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours. It is still used in some British cavalry regiments for officers of the rank of second lieutenant.

The upper margin of a horse's hoof.

(Music) A wind instrument of the trumpet class, having three valves operated by pistons.

A small crown, such as is worn by a noble.

(also kôrnĭt) A piece of paper twisted into a cone and used to hold small wares such as candy or nuts.

The ring of tissue between a horse's hoof and its leg.

(also kôrnĭt) A headdress, often cone-shaped, worn by women in the 12th and 13th centuries.

The traditional lowest regular commissioned officer rank in the cavalry.

A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.

Any of several hummingbirds in the genus Boissonneaua.

A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.

A species of moth, Craniophora ligustri.

A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence an ice cream cone.

An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown.

(obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin.

A kind of organ stop.

The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel.

The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.

A small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign

(obsolete) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.

Margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof

(historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).

An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.

A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.

A troop of cavalry; - so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

A headdress

See Coronet, 2.

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