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Heap vs. Body — What's the Difference?

Heap vs. Body — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Heap and Body

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Heap

A group of things placed or thrown, one on top of the other
A heap of dirty rags lying in the corner.

Body

The physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal
It's important to keep your body in good condition

Heap

Often heaps(Informal) A great deal; a lot
We have heaps of homework tonight.

Body

The main section of a motor vehicle or aircraft
The body of the aircraft was filled with smoke
The factory had produced more car bodies than needed

Heap

(Slang) An old or run-down car.
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Body

The main or central part of something, especially a building or text
The main body of the house was built in 1625

Heap

To put or throw in a pile
Heaped the clothes on the bed.

Body

A large amount or collection of something
Large bodies of seawater
A rich body of Canadian folklore

Heap

To fill completely or to overflowing
Heap a plate with vegetables.

Body

A material object
The path taken by the falling body

Heap

To bestow in abundance or lavishly
Heaped praise on the rescuers.

Body

A full or substantial quality of flavour in wine
Best of all, this wine has body and finish

Heap

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.

Body

A woman's close-fitting stretch garment for the upper body, fastening at the crotch.

Heap

A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
A heap of earth; a heap of stones

Body

(in pottery) a clay used for making the main part of ceramic ware, as distinct from a glaze.

Heap

A great number or large quantity of things.

Body

Give material form to something abstract
He bodied forth the traditional Prussian remedy for all ills

Heap

(computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.

Body

Build the bodywork of (a motor vehicle)
An era when automobiles were bodied over wooden frames

Heap

(computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow.

Body

The entire material or physical structure of an organism, especially of a human or other animal.

Heap

(colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
My first car was an old heap.

Body

The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.

Heap

(colloquial) A lot, a large amount
Thanks a heap!

Body

A corpse or carcass.

Heap

(transitive) To pile in a heap.
He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.

Body

The trunk or torso of a human or animal.

Heap

(transitive) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.

Body

The part of a garment covering the torso.

Heap

(transitive) To supply in great quantity.
They heaped praise upon their newest hero.

Body

A human; a person
A kindly body.

Heap

Very; representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans

Body

A group of individuals regarded as an entity; a corporation.

Heap

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
The wisdom of a heap of learned men.
A heap of vassals and slaves.
He had heaps of friends.

Body

A number of persons, concepts, or things regarded as a group
We walked out in a body.

Heap

A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile; as, a heap of trouble.
A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations.
I have noticed a heap of things in my life.

Body

(Anatomy) The largest or principal part of an organ; corpus.

Heap

A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.
Huge heaps of slain around the body rise.

Body

The nave of a church.

Heap

To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; - usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
Though he heap up silver as the dust.

Body

The content of a book or document exclusive of prefatory matter, codicils, indexes, or appendices.

Heap

To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; - often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.

Body

The passenger- and cargo-carrying part of an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle.

Heap

To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.

Body

(Music) The sound box of an instrument.

Heap

A collection of objects laid on top of each other

Body

A mass of matter that is distinct from other masses
A body of water.
A celestial body.

Heap

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
A batch of letters
A deal of trouble
A lot of money
He made a mint on the stock market
It must have cost plenty

Body

A collection or quantity, as of material or information
The body of evidence.

Heap

A car that is old and unreliable;
The fenders had fallen off that old bus

Body

Consistency of substance, as in paint, textiles, or wine
A sauce with body.

Heap

Bestow in large quantities;
He heaped him with work
She heaped scorn upon him

Body

(Printing) The part of a block of type underlying the impression surface.

Heap

Arrange in stacks;
Heap firewood around the fireplace
Stack your books up on the shelves

Body

To furnish with a body.

Heap

Fill to overflow;
Heap the platter with potatoes

Body

To give shape to. Usually used with forth
“Imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown” (Shakespeare).

Body

To play defense with one's body up against (that of another player) so as to restrict the player's mobility, as in basketball.

Body

To collide with and force (another player) in a certain direction
Bodied him off the puck.

Body

Physical frame.

Body

The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.

Body

The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.

Body

A corpse.
Her body was found at four o'clock, just two hours after the murder.

Body

A person.
What's a body gotta do to get a drink around here?

Body

(sociology) A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.

Body

Main section.

Body

The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
The boxer took a blow to the body.

Body

The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories.
The bumpers and front tyres were ruined, but the body of the car was in remarkable shape.

Body

(archaic) The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms.
Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.

Body

The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.

Body

A bodysuit.

Body

(programming) The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces.

Body

Coherent group.

Body

A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards.

Body

An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.

Body

A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion.

Body

Material entity.

Body

Any physical object or material thing.
All bodies are held together by internal forces.

Body

(uncountable) Substance; physical presence.
We have given body to what was just a vague idea.

Body

(uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
The red wine, sadly, lacked body.

Body

An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
The English Channel is a body of water lying between Great Britain and France.

Body

(printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
A nonpareil face on an agate body

Body

(geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.

Body

To give body or shape to something.

Body

To construct the bodywork of a car.

Body

(transitive) To embody.

Body

To murder someone.

Body

To utterly defeat someone.

Body

To hard counter a particular character build or play style. Frequently used in the passive voice form, get bodied by.

Body

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.
Absent in body, but present in spirit.
For of the soul the body form doth take.For soul is form, and doth the body make.

Body

The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc.
Who set the body and the limbsOf this great sport together?
The van of the king's army was led by the general; . . . in the body was the king and the prince.
Rivers that run up into the body of Italy.

Body

The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow.
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Body

A person; a human being; - frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody.
A dry, shrewd kind of a body.

Body

A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body.
A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter.

Body

A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity.

Body

Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aëriform body.
By collision of two bodies, grindThe air attrite to fire.

Body

Amount; quantity; extent.

Body

That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.

Body

The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.

Body

The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body.

Body

A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.

Body

Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body.

Body

The central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to which are attached the planes or aërocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc. Also called fuselage.
As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of "people", or "nation".
Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper.

Body

To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.
Imagination bodies forthThe forms of things unknown.

Body

The entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being);
He felt as if his whole body were on fire

Body

Body of a dead animal or person;
They found the body in the lake

Body

A group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity;
The whole body filed out of the auditorium

Body

The body excluding the head and neck and limbs;
They moved their arms and legs and bodies

Body

An individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects;
Heavenly body

Body

A collection of particulars considered as a system;
A body of law
A body of doctrine
A body of precedents

Body

The external structure of a vehicle;
The body of the car was badly rusted

Body

The property of holding together and retaining its shape;
When the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake

Body

The central message of a communication;
The body of the message was short

Body

Invest with or as with a body; give body to

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