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Emaciated vs Cadaverous - What's the difference?

emaciated | cadaverous | Synonyms |

Emaciated is a synonym of cadaverous.


As adjectives the difference between emaciated and cadaverous

is that emaciated is thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease while cadaverous is corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.

As a verb emaciated

is (emaciate).

emaciated

English

Adjective

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

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (emaciate)

    • Related terms

    * emaciate * emaciation

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    cadaverous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=4, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}

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    See also

    * cadaverously