Synonyms for corpse

Synonyms

Distinguishing Between Core and Corps and Corpse and Corp

These words are frequently confused despite their very different applications. Core and corps both rhyme with more. Core can be a noun, verb, or adjective, but is most often used as a noun to refer to the central or most important part of something (“the core of the issue,” “the Earth’s core”) or to the usually inedible central part of a fruit (“an apple core”). Corps has several meanings, all of which refer to some kind of group: “the Marine Corps,” “the press corps.” Its plural form is also spelled corps (“two corps of reporters”) but is pronounced just as cores is. Unlike in corps, The “p” in corpse and corp is pronounced. Corpse refers to a dead body, and especially to the dead body of a human. Corp is an abbreviation for “corporation” and “corporal.” Corp, corps, and corpse all trace back to the Latin word corpus, meaning “body.” The origin of core is obscure.

Examples of corpse in a Sentence

a battlefield strewn with corpses the startling discovery of a corpse required a call to the police

Recent Examples on the Web Christopher was booked into the Multnomah County jail, charged with second-degree murder and abuse of a corpse. — oregonlive, 26 May 2021 Love Has Won are arrested on charges of abuse of a corpse. — Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021 Despite its name, the flower did not smell overpoweringly corpse-like from a distance, but no one was feigning disappointment. — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2021 Raphael Marquel Clark, 30, was found guilty of murder and abuse of corpse in Dallas County, said District Attorney Michael Jackson. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 May 2021 De Meyer said that eating it was like taking a bite out of a corpse. — Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021 LaTonya Austin, 42, is facing one count of abuse of a corpse, a fifth-degree felony, according to a complaint filed in Hamilton County Municipal Court. — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 9 May 2021 Karin Raymond, 47, is charged with abuse of a corpse, child abuse and false imprisonment. — Washington Post, 5 May 2021 Martinón-Torres says this suggests a kind of relation between the dead and living, rather than the practical act of simply disposing of a corpse. — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2021

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