corn vs mawkishness

mawkishness vs corn

corn and mawkishness both are nouns.

corn is a verb but mawkishness is not a verb.

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

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

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

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

corn (noun)	mawkishness (noun)
something sentimental or trite	falsely emotional in a maudlin way
ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food	insincere pathos
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)	mawkishness (verb)
preserve with large-grained rock salt
feed (cattle) with corn

Difference between corn and mawkishness

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