Corny vs. Trite — What's the Difference?

Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental.

Trite is a genus of jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. Most of the 18 described species occur in Australia and New Zealand, with several spread over islands of Oceania, one species even reaching Rapa in French Polynesia.

Boring and unoriginal.

(of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse

Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

Not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition; hackneyed.

Uncool, stupid, lame.

Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.

(rare) Containing corn.

(legal) So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.

(obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.

A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

Tipsy; drunk.

Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.

(obsolete) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.

Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.

Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;

Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.

Containing corn; tasting well of malt.

Tipsy.

Overly or simplistically sentimental.

Trite or tiresome; too weak to be effective; - said of unsubtle attempts at humor; as, a corny joke; a corny skit.

Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality;