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Corporeal vs Weighty - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between corporeal and weighty

is that corporeal is material; tangible; physical while weighty is having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

corporeal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Material; tangible; physical.
    • His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. - Milton
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (of the body) bodily, corporal

    Antonyms

    * ethereal * incorporeal * insubstantial * intangible * spiritual

    Derived terms

    * corporeality

    Anagrams

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    weighty

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
  • Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous.
  • Rigorous; severe; afflictive.