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Corpse vs Remains - What's the difference?

corpse | remains |

As nouns the difference between corpse and remains

is that corpse is a dead body while remains is what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

As verbs the difference between corpse and remains

is that corpse is to lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably while remains is third-person singular of remain.

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

    *

    remains

    English

    (wikipedia remains)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
    • The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.
  • Historical or archaeological relics.
  • (senseid)The extant writings of a deceased person.
  • All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […]  A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}
  • (rare)  .

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (remain)
    • We'll go ahead, while she remains here.

    Anagrams

    * * * English pluralia tantum English plurals