Barbarous vs Carnal - What's the difference?
barbarous | carnal | Related terms |
Not classical or pure.
uncivilized, uncultured
Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites
worldly or earthly; temporal
of or relating to the body or flesh
As adjectives the difference between barbarous and carnal
is that barbarous is not classical or pure while carnal is relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites.barbarous
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete) barbarouseAdjective
(en adjective)- I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
- By the known rules of antient libertie,
- When strait a barbarous noise environs me
- Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs - (1673)