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Distinguishing Between Core and Corps and Corpse and Corp
These words are frequently confused despite their very different applications. Core and corps both rhyme with more. Core can be a noun, verb, or adjective, but is most often used as a noun to refer to the central or most important part of something (“the core of the issue,” “the Earth’s core”) or to the usually inedible central part of a fruit (“an apple core”). Corps has several meanings, all of which refer to some kind of group: “the Marine Corps,” “the press corps.” Its plural form is also spelled corps (“two corps of reporters”) but is pronounced just as cores is. Unlike in corps, The “p” in corpse and corp is pronounced. Corpse refers to a dead body, and especially to the dead body of a human. Corp is an abbreviation for “corporation” and “corporal.” Corp, corps, and corpse all trace back to the Latin word corpus, meaning “body.” The origin of core is obscure.
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Examples of corps in a Sentence
Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Conley is part a full-staff receiving corps that welcomes Samuel back from a one-game absence, as well as tight end George Kittle, who missed last Sunday’s loss at Los Angeles with a Grade I hamstring strain.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
Cleo Krejci covers education and workforce development as a Report For America corps member based at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
—Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
In 1938, Colonel General Ludwig Beck, chief of the army staff, was organizing resistance among the officer corps to Hitler.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Corps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corps. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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from French corps "part of a military organization," derived from Latin corpus "body" — related to corpse
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