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Embale vs Embalm - What's the difference?

embale | embalm |

As verbs the difference between embale and embalm

is that embale is (obsolete|transitive) to make up into a bale or pack while embalm is to treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition.

embale

English

Verb

(embal)
  • (obsolete) To make up into a bale or pack.
    • (Johnson)
  • (obsolete) To bind up; to enclose.
  • * Spenser
    • Legs embaled in golden buskins.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    embalm

    English

    Verb

    (embalming) (en verb)
  • To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition
  • * And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father Genesis 50:2
  • To perfume or add fragrance to something

    • Derived terms

    * embalming * embalmer