corporal vs mortal

corporal

adj
  • Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily. 

  • Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc. 

noun
  • A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman. 

  • The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth. 

  • A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private. 

  • A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy. 

mortal

adj
  • Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal. 

  • Of or relating to the time of death. 

  • Punishable by death. 

  • Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. 

  • Very painful or tedious; wearisome. 

  • Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. 

  • Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.). 

  • Of a sin: involving the penalty of spiritual death, rather than merely venial. 

  • Very drunk. 

  • Fatally vulnerable. 

adv
  • Mortally; enough to cause death. 

noun
  • A human; someone susceptible to death. 

How often have the words corporal and mortal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )