body vs soul
Definitions
noun
- the central message of a communication
- a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- the external structure of a vehicle
- an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
verb
- invest with or as with a body; give body to
Examples
This is not good for anybody, except for a few curmudgeons and people who are embittered by nothing more than their own embitteredness.
Rose of Sharon braced her body against the movements of the car in an effort to protect her fetus.
Twenty microliters of each antibody was added to 100 L of blood, and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for 15 minutes.
Definitions
noun
- the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
- deep feeling or emotion
- a human being
- a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
- the human embodiment of something
Examples
(Variety's Dennis Harvey called Mr. Friedman's onscreen persona "nebbishy"; The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris was a little nicer, saying, "The movie is the product of his big, shiny love of forgotten soul legends whom superstardom ... has eluded.")
Unpredictable, emotional and alive, it is, in keeping with the area, soul with the rough edges intact.
She suffered greatly while she was alive, so let us hope her soul is now at peace.
