Carcass vs Whalefall - What's the difference?
carcass | whalefall |
of a dead animal.
Body of a dead human.
of a structure, especially one not normally seen.
(nautical) An early incendiary ship-to-ship projectile consisting of an iron shell filled with saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine, antimony and tallow with vents for flame.
A whale carcass that has fallen to the ocean floor.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 18, author=Henry Fountain, title=Whales Are Tasty, but Bone-Eating Worms Might Not Discriminate, work=New York Times
, passage=But the ocean floor is not exactly wall-to-wall whalefalls . }}
As nouns the difference between carcass and whalefall
is that carcass is of a dead animal while whalefall is a whale carcass that has fallen to the ocean floor.carcass
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* carcaseNoun
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*whalefall
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