Difference between Corporal and Incarnate

What is the difference between Corporal and Incarnate?

Corporal as an adjective is having a physical, tangible body; corporeal. while Incarnate as an adjective is embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.

Corporal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a physical, tangible body; corporeal. Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A non-commissioned officer rank in the military (OR-4) force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman. A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman. The white linen cloth on which the elements of the eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.

Example sentence: We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt 'possum, go to Baptist churches and prefer bourbon to Scotch are likely to be Southerners.

Incarnate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.Flesh-colored, crimson.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To incarn; to become covered with flesh, to heal over.To make carnal, to reduce the spiritual nature of.To embody in flesh, invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.

Example sentence: I've often said in the past that I thought MTV was sort of evil incarnate and signified the beginning of the end. And I don't know if I'm entirely wrong about that, but they did sign my paychecks a year ago, so I guess I'm part of the problem.

We hope you now know whether to use Corporal or Incarnate in your sentence.

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