different between corporeal vs corpse

English

Etymology

From Latin corporeus, from corpus (“body”); compare corporal.

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /k????p???i?l/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /k???p???i?l/

Adjective

corporeal (comparative more corporeal, superlative most corporeal)

1. Material; tangible; physical.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual.

2. (archaic) Pertaining to the body; bodily; corporal.

Synonyms

• (of the body): bodily, corporal

Antonyms

• ethereal
• incorporeal
• insubstantial
• intangible
• spiritual

Derived terms

• corporeality

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• car pooler, car-pooler, carpooler, corporale

English

Alternative forms

• corse (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier corse, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Displaced native Old English l?? (whence modern English word lich). The ?p? was inserted due to the original Latin spelling. Doublet of corps and corpus. The verb sense derives from the notion of being unable to control laughter while playing a dead body.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??ps/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??ps/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?ko?ps/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ps

Noun

corpse (plural corpses)

1. A dead body.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:corpse

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:corpse.
2. (archaic, sometimes derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:body

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Translations

Verb

corpse (third-person singular simple present corpses, present participle corpsing, simple past and past participle corpsed)

1. (intransitive, slang, of an actor) To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.
2. (transitive, slang, of an actor) To cause another actor to do this.

Anagrams

• Cosper, Crespo, Pecors, copers, corpes, scoper