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Corpulent vs Purulent - What's the difference?

corpulent | purulent |

As adjectives the difference between corpulent and purulent

is that corpulent is large in body; fat; overweight while purulent is (medicine) consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.

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. ----

    purulent

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.
    • * (English Citations of "purulent")

    Derived terms

    * mucopurulent