body English—an attempt to control the movement of an object by contorting the body without touching the object:
- Todd and Leszek demonstrate the intensity, concentration, and body English that are required to push a radio controlled sailboat.
body language—communication by facial expression and gestures rather than by spoken language:
- When we have a hunch that somebody is telling lies, for instance, what we really mean is that their body language and their spoken words do not agree.