Corporal vs. Carnal
Difference Between Corporal and Carnal
Corporaladjective
(archaic) Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
Carnaladjective
Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites.
Corporaladjective
Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
corporal punishmentcorporal sufferingCarnaladjective
Worldly or earthly; temporal.
Corporaladjective
(zoology) Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
Carnaladjective
Of or relating to the body or flesh.
Corporalnoun
(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
Carnaladjective
of the appetites and passions of the body;
animal instinctscarnal knowledgefleshly desirea sensual delight in eatingmusic is the only sensual pleasure without viceCorporalnoun
A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
Carnaladjective
of or relating to the body or flesh;
carnal remainsCorporalnoun
A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
Carnaladjective
of or relating to or belonging to the body;
a bodily organbodily functionscarnal remainsCorporalnoun
(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
Corporalnoun
a noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines
Corporaladjective
affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit;
bodily needsa corporal defectcorporeal sufferinga somatic symptom or somatic illnessCorporaladjective
possessing or existing in bodily form;
what seemed corporal melted as breath into the windan incarnate spirit`corporate' is an archaic term
