Embodied vs Corporeal - What's the difference?
embodied | corporeal |
(embody)
To represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify
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* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
, passage=The generational shift Mr. Obama once embodied is, in fact, well under way, but it will not change Washington as quickly — or as harmoniously — as a lot of voters once hoped.}}
To include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole
Material; tangible; physical.
Of or pertaining to the body; bodily.
* {{quote-book
, year=2000
, author=Margaret Atwood
, title=The Blind Assassin
, passage=She is always diagnosing me. My corporeal health is of almost as much interest to her as my spiritual health: she is especially proprietary about my bowels.}}
(archaic) Corporal.
As a verb embodied
is past tense of embody.As an adjective corporeal is
material; tangible; physical.embodied
English
Verb
(head)embody
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Verb
(en-verb)- As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.
- The soul, while it is embodied , can no more be divided from sin.
citation
- The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists.
- The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems.
Derived terms
* disembody * embodimentcorporeal
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Adjective
(en adjective)- His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. - Milton
