Showing posts with label corpses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corpses. Show all posts

Thursday, March 22, 2012

core, corps, corpse

Core or core means the center of something, as the seed part of some fruits--
She cooked the apple without removing the core.
Core may mean the center of the Earth, or some other physical body--
There is molten metal in the earth's core.
Core may be used in a figurative sense--
Good behavior is at the core of their belief system.
Core may also be a verb ( action word ) --
Core and peel the apple, then slice it.
The grocer will core the pineapple for you.

Corps or corps ( rhymes with core ) means a group of people united for a purpose, usually military--
He joined the Marine Corps when he turned 18.
They trained until they became a fighting corps.

Corpse or corpse means a dead body--
The coroner came to examine the corpse.
Murder mysteries often begin with the detective finding a corpse.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The dog from the canine corps helped them follow the pieces of apple core that led to the victim's corpse."

Note--the plural ( more than one ) form of "core" is "cores" ( corze )--
There are two apple cores on the floor.
Not to be confused with "course", meaning way or path--
Of course I didn't eat the apple cores. I threw them away.
Not to be confused with "coarse", meaning crude or rough--
That linen is very coarse. It won't make a comfortable shirt.

Note #2--the plural of "corps" remains "corps"--
There were only two fighting corps left.

Note #3--the plural of "corpse" is "corpses"--
There are two corpses in the drawing room. The police are on the way.