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Cornet vs. Coronet
Cornet
/ˈkɔːnət/Examples:
The jazz solo featured a vibrant cornet player.During parades, she marches while playing the cornet.George learned to play the cornet in high school band.
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This word has no antonymsCoronet
/ˈkɒrənət/Examples:
The young heir wore a simple coronet during the ceremony.A delicate silver coronet adorned her flowing hair.The queen's coronet glittered with precious stones.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- A cornet is a brass musical instrument similar to a trumpet, while a coronet is a small crown worn by royalty or peers.
- Think of cornet as part of a music band, and coronet as something you might see on a royal crown or a fancy horse show.
- Remember that cornet contains the word corn, which is like the tube of a horn used in music, whereas coronet has crown within its sounds, the headpiece for nobility.
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