Corpse and carcass

Corpse and carcass

Corpse:  /kɔːps/

              -A dead body of a human being.

Examples:

              The corpse was barely recognizable.

             The corpse was mutilated.

             Don't move the corpse before you send for the police.



Carcass:  /kɑːkəs/

         -the dead body of an animal  ready for cutting up as meat.

Examples:

                The vultures are picking at a lion's carcass.

               You might find a bit of meat left on the chicken carcass.

             A cluster of vultures crouched on the carcass of a dead buffalo


R.Chinnasamy Subramanian

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