Corpse vs Copse - What's the difference?
corpse | copse |
A dead body.
(archaic, sometimes, derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.
(intransitive, slang, of an actor) To lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably.
A thicket of small trees or shrubs.
* 1798 , , Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey , lines 9–15 (for syntax):
* 1919 , , Valmouth , Duckworth (hardback edition), p19:
(horticulture) To trim or cut.
(horticulture) To plant and preserve.
As nouns the difference between corpse and copse
is that corpse is a dead body while copse is a thicket of small trees or shrubs.As verbs the difference between corpse and copse
is that corpse is to lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably while copse is to trim or cut.corpse
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Alternative forms
* corse (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* body * cadaver * carcass * See alsoVerb
(corps)Anagrams
*copse
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Noun
(en noun)- The day is come when I again repose
- Here, under this dark sycamore, and view
- These plots of cottage-ground, these orchard tufts,
- Which at this season, with their unripe fruits,
- Are clad in one green hue, and lose themselves
- ’Mid groves and copses .
- Striking the highway beyond the little copse she skirted the dark iron palings enclosing Hare.