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Cremains vs Ashes - What's the difference?

cremains | ashes |

As a noun cremains

is cremated remains of a deceased person.

As a proper noun ashes is

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cremains

English

Noun

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  • Cremated remains of a deceased person.
  • * 1992 , Kathleen Sublette, Martin Flagg, Final Celebrations: A Guide for Personal and Family Funeral Planning , page 52,
    • Some people prefer to keep the cremains in their homes in a special place.
  • * 2009 , Mugan Sozan Peter Schellin, Rogue Monk: A Memoir about Zen, Disability, and Work , page 93,
    • Paul's cremains arrived by limo service less than an hour before the living room memorial.
  • * 2010 , Norman L. Cantor, After We Die: The Life and Times of the Human Cadaver , page 111,
    • Because of these remaining bone fragments, the cremains must be pulverized to a grainy powder before any scattering of ashes.

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    ashes

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * rise from the ashes

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