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Embalm vs Emball - What's the difference?

embalm | emball |

As verbs the difference between embalm and emball

is that embalm is to treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition while emball is to encircle or embrace.

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

    emball

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To encircle or embrace.
    • (Sir Philip Sidney)
    (Webster 1913)