The difference between Flesh and Meat
When used as nouns, flesh means the soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat, whereas meat means the flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
Flesh is also verb with the meaning: to bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.
check bellow for the other definitions of Flesh and Meat
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Flesh as a noun:
The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
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Flesh as a noun:
The skin of a human or animal.
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Flesh as a noun (by extension):
Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.
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Flesh as a noun:
Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).
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Flesh as a noun:
The human body as a physical entity.
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Flesh as a noun (religion):
The mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul.
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Flesh as a noun (religion):
The evil and corrupting principle working in man.
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Flesh as a noun:
The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.
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Flesh as a noun (obsolete):
Tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
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Flesh as a noun (obsolete):
Kindred; stock; race.
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Flesh as a noun:
A yellowish pink colour; the colour of some Caucasian human skin.
Examples:
"color paneFFC090"
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Flesh as a verb (transitive):
To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.
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Flesh as a verb (obsolete):
To inure or habituate someone or a given practice.
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Flesh as a verb:
To put flesh on; to fatten.
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Flesh as a verb:
To add details.
Examples:
"The writer had to go back and flesh out the climactic scene."
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Flesh as a verb:
To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
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Meat as a noun (uncountable):
The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
Examples:
"A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms."
"The homesteading teenager shot a deer to supply his family with wild meat for the winter."
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Meat as a noun (countable):
A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
Examples:
"The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly."
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Meat as a noun (now, archaic, dialectal):
Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also .
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Meat as a noun (now, rare):
A type of food, a dish.
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Meat as a noun (now, archaic):
A meal.
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Meat as a noun (uncountable):
Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
Examples:
"The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm."
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Meat as a noun (slang):
A penis.
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Meat as a noun (colloquial):
The best or most substantial part of something.
Examples:
"We recruited him right from the meat of our competitor."
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Meat as a noun (sports):
The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
Examples:
"He hit it right on the meat of the bat."
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Meat as a noun:
A meathead.
Examples:
"Throw it in here, meat."
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Meat as a noun (Australian Aboriginal):
A totem, or a clan or clansman which uses it.