different between corpse vs ghoulish

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

Related terms

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

English

Etymology

From ghoul +? -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?l??/

Adjective

ghoulish (comparative more ghoulish, superlative most ghoulish)

1. Of or pertaining to ghouls.
2. Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing.
   • 1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator

     We had that afternoon dug a grave in the cellar, and would have to fill it by dawn -- for although we had fixed a lock on the house, we wished to shun even the remotest risk of a ghoulish discovery.

3. Fascinated by corpses.

Translations

See also

• ghastly
• macabre