Difference between Horn and Honk

What is the difference between Horn and Honk?

Horn as a verb is to assault with the horns while Honk as a verb is to use a car horn.

Horn

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To assault with the horns To cuckold

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals. The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects. Any of several musical wind instruments. An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others. A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle. A conical device used to direct waves. Generally, any brass wind instrument. A telephone. An erection of the penis. A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land. "to navigate around the horn."

Honk

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The sound produced by a typical car horn.The cry of a goose.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To use a car horn.To make a sound like a car horn.To make the sound of a goose.

We hope you now know whether to use Horn or Honk in your sentence.

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