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Corpulent vs Emaciated - What's the difference?

corpulent | emaciated |

As adjectives the difference between corpulent and emaciated

is that corpulent is large in body; fat; overweight while emaciated is thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.

As a verb emaciated is

past tense of emaciate.

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. ----

    emaciated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
    • The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (emaciate)

    • Related terms

    * emaciate * emaciation

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