Corporeal vs Significant - What's the difference?
corporeal | significant |
Material; tangible; physical.
Of or pertaining to the body; bodily.
* {{quote-book
, year=2000
, author=Margaret Atwood
, title=The Blind Assassin
, passage=She is always diagnosing me. My corporeal health is of almost as much interest to her as my spiritual health: she is especially proprietary about my bowels.}}
(archaic) Corporal.
Signifying something; carrying meaning.
* Sir Walter Raleigh
Having a covert or hidden meaning.
Having a noticeable or major effect; notable.
Reasonably large in number or amount.
(statistics) Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
* Shakespeare
As adjectives the difference between corporeal and significant
is that corporeal is material; tangible; physical while significant is signifying something; carrying meaning.As a noun significant is
that which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.corporeal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. - Milton
Synonyms
* (of the body) bodily, corporalAntonyms
* ethereal * incorporeal * insubstantial * intangible * spiritualDerived terms
* corporealityAnagrams
*significant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a significant''' word or sound; a '''significant look
- It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant , but not efficient.
- That was a significant step in the right direction.
- The First World War was a significant event.
Synonyms
* importantAntonyms
* insignificant * ignorable * negligible * slightNoun
(en noun)- (Wordsworth)
- In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts.
