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Corpulent vs Burly - What's the difference?

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Corpulent is a related term of burly.


As adjectives the difference between corpulent and burly

is that corpulent is large in body; fat; overweight while burly is (usually|of a man) large, well-built, and muscular.

corpulent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Large in body; fat; overweight.
  • (obsolete) Physical, material, corporeal.

    • Usage notes

    * In contemporary usage, "corpulent" can designate a range of bodily states, from modest plumpness to significant fatness to extreme obesity.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * corpulence

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996. ----

    burly

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (usually, of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.
    • He's a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener.
  • *
    • She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
  • (slang) Originating from the east end of London, England. An expressive term to mean something is good, awesome, amazing, unbelievable. e.g That goal was burly, or Räikkönen is a burly Formula 1 driver.
  • (slang) Originating from surfer culture and/or Southern California. An expressive term to mean something is of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
    • That wave was burly ! (i.e. large, dangerous and difficult to ride)
    This hike is going to be burly , but worth it because there is good body surfing at that beach.