corn vs drippiness

drippiness vs corn

corn and drippiness both are nouns.

corn is a verb but drippiness is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
corn	Yes	No	Yes	No
drippiness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, drippiness is a hypernym of corn; that is, drippiness is a word with a broader meaning than corn:

corn: something sentimental or trite
drippiness: falsely emotional in a maudlin way

Other hypernyms of corn include mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness.

corn (noun)	drippiness (noun)
something sentimental or trite	the physical property of being soft and drippy
ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food	falsely emotional in a maudlin way
whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
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
(Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

corn (verb)	drippiness (verb)
preserve with large-grained rock salt
feed (cattle) with corn

Difference between corn and drippiness

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