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The term âcornâ is often used interchangeably with callus. Essentially, they are both caused by the same thing, but visually a corn is often smaller, rounder and deeper, and a callus is usually broader, covering a larger area. A âbunionâ is the name for the enlarged bony bump located behind the big toe at the joint where it attaches to the foot.
Calluses are rarely painful but corns are. There however is a similarity in the composition of tissue making up the two. This being the case, it is inevitable to wonder what causes corns and calluses. The major cause of corns and calluses is continuous pressure and force being subjected on an area, as a result of which there is hardening of dead skin.