1. occurring frequently, usually with pauses   continual   continuous   2. to make less dangerous or tense   diffuse   defuse   3. uninterrupted; without a pause   continual   continuous   4. to reduce to lower rank   denigrate   degrade   5. to spread widely or thinly   diffuse   defuse   6. different in kind   desperate   disparate   7. a dead body   corpse   corps