Difference between Corner and Box

What is the difference between Corner and Box?

Corner as a noun is the point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal. while Box as a noun is a rectangular container, usually with a hinged lid.

Corner

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point. The projection into space of an angle in a solid object. An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. A monopoly or controlling interest in a salable commodity, allowing the controlling party to dictate terms of sale. One of the four vertices of the strike zone. first base or third base. A corner kick. A point at which a function has two distinct derivatives.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To drive (someone) into a corner or other confined space. To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment. To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it. To turn a corner or drive around a curve. To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.

Example sentence: I look out of this window and I think this is a cosmos, this is a huge creation, this is one small corner of it. The trees and birds and everything else and I'm part of it. I didn't ask to be put here, I've been lucky in finding myself here.

Box

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A rectangular container, usually with a hinged lid.As much as fills a box.A compartment to sit in at a theater, courtroom or auditorium.A small rectangular shelter like a booth.A rectangular border around an image or section of text.A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements.A trap or predicament.The driver's seat on a coach.A hard protector for the genitals worn by a batsman or close fielder inside the underpants.A cylindrical casing around for example a bearing or gland.The penalty area.A computer, or the case in which it is housed.(with the) Television.The vagina.coffin.A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus.Boxwood: the wood from a box tree.A blow with the fist.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To place inside a box.To hem in.To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.To strike with the fists.To punch (a person).To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

Example sentence: I always like to challenge myself. I never want to be put into a box.

We hope you now know whether to use Corner or Box in your sentence.

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