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Corpse vs Carrion - What's the difference?

corpse | carrion |

As nouns the difference between corpse and carrion

is that corpse is a dead body while carrion is dead flesh; carcasses.

As a verb corpse

is to lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably.

corpse

English

Alternative forms

* corse (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dead body.
  • (archaic, sometimes, derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.

    • Synonyms

    * body * cadaver * carcass * See also

    Related terms

    * corporate * corporation * corporeal * corps * corpulent * corpus

    Verb

    (corps)
  • (intransitive, slang, of an actor) To lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably.

    • Anagrams

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    carrion

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Dead flesh; carcasses.
    • Vultures feed on carrion .
  • * Spenser
    • They did eat the dead carrions .
  • * 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 119
    • Perhaps the Purple Emperor is feasting, as Morris says, upon a mass of putrid carrion at the base of an oak tree.
  • (obsolete, derogatory) A contemptible or worthless person.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Old feeble carrions .

    Related terms

    * carrion beetle * carrion crow