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corpulency vs corpulence

corpulence vs corpulency

corpulency and corpulence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
corpulency Yes No No No
corpulence Yes No No No
As nouns, corpulence is a hyponym of corpulency; that is, corpulence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than corpulency:
  • corpulency: more than average fatness
  • corpulence: the property of excessive fatness
Other hyponyms of corpulency include adiposis, overweight, stoutness, exogenous obesity, embonpoint, plumpness, roundness.
corpulency (noun) corpulence (noun)
more than average fatness the property of excessive fatness
Difference between corpulency and corpulence

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