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Unbodied vs Shadowy - What's the difference?

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Unbodied is a related term of shadowy.


As adjectives the difference between unbodied and shadowy

is that unbodied is (archaic) disembodied; without a body; separated from the body while shadowy is in shadow; darkened by shadows.

unbodied

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (archaic) disembodied; without a body; separated from the body
  • *{{quote-book, year=1802, author=William Priest, title=Travels in the United States of America, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Immediately the unbodied souls of my ancestors appeared before me. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1864, author=George MacDonald, title=A Hidden Life and Other Poems, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Thou who didst come unbodied and alone, Ere yet the sun was set his rule to keep, Or ever the moon shone, Or e'er the wandering star-flocks forth were driven! }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1917, author=Charles S. Brooks, title=There's Pippins And Cheese To Come, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Their unbodied heads, wherever they may be, are still smiling on the world, despite their divorcement. }}

    shadowy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • In shadow; darkened by shadows.
  • He sat in a shadowy corner.
  • (of character) Dark, obscure.
  • He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 19 , author=Kerry Brown , title=Kim Jong-il obituary , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.}}