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Embalmed vs Embroiled - What's the difference?

embalmed | embroiled |

As verbs the difference between embalmed and embroiled

is that embalmed is (embalm) while embroiled is (embroil).

embalmed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (embalm)

    • 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

    embroiled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (embroil)

    • embroil

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.
    • Avoid him. He will embroil you in his fights.
  • * Dryden
    • the royal house embroiled in civil war
  • To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
  • * Addison
    • The Christian antiquities at Rome are so embroiled with fable and legend.