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Corpus vs Carpus - What's the difference?

corpus | carpus |

As nouns the difference between corpus and carpus

is that corpus is body while carpus is (skeleton) the group of bones that make up the wrist.

corpus

English

(wikipedia corpus)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • body
  • (linguistics) a collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic, a single author etc.
  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

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    carpus

    English

    (wikipedia carpus)

    Noun

    (carpi)
  • (skeleton) The group of bones that make up the wrist.
  • Derived terms

    * carpal * carpal bone