different between cornify vs carnify

English

Etymology

corn +? -ify, from Latin cornu (“horn”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.n?.fa?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??.n?.fa?/

Verb

cornify (third-person singular simple present cornifies, present participle cornifying, simple past and past participle cornified)

1. (chiefly medicine) To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance

Derived terms

• cornification

English

Etymology

From Latin carnificare, from Latin carnis (“flesh”) + facere (“to make”). Compare French carnifier.

Verb

carnify (third-person singular simple present carnifies, present participle carnifying, simple past and past participle carnified)

1. (intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

     The Soul […] digests , sanguifies , carnifies , excerns and doth all those Involuntary operations by it influence and presence

Derived terms

• recarnify

References

carnify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.