Corporeal—Corporal

These adjectives, though regarded as synonyms, are not used indiscriminately. Corporal is used in reference to the body, or animal frame, in its proper sense; corporeal , to the animal substance in an extended sense—opposed to spiritual. Corporal punishment; corporeal or material form or substance. "That to corporeal substances could add Speed most spiritual."—Milton. "What seemed corporal Melted as breath into the wind."—Shakespeare.