Corny vs. Trite

By Jaxson

  • Trite

    Trite is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). 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.

Wikipedia
  • Corny (adjective)

    Boring and unoriginal.

    “The duct tape and wire were a pretty corny solution.”

  • Corny (adjective)

    Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

    “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!”

  • Corny (adjective)

    Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.

  • Corny (adjective)

    Containing corn; tasting well of malt.

  • Corny (adjective)

    tipsy; drunk

  • Corny (adjective)

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

  • Trite (adjective)

    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.

  • Trite (adjective)

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

  • Trite (noun)

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

  • Trite (noun)

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

Wiktionary
  • Trite (adjective)

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

    “this point may now seem obvious and trite”

Oxford Dictionary

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