Bereavement vs Demise - What's the difference?
bereavement | demise |
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death
* 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
(legal) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
Death.
End (less common, usually in a negative manner).
(transitive, obsolete, legal) To give.
(legal) To convey, as by will or lease.
(legal) To transmit by inheritance.
(legal) To pass by inheritance.
To die.
As a noun bereavement
is the state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.As a verb demise is
.bereavement
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Noun
(en noun)- I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement , and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost
See also
* mourningdemise
English
(wikipedia demise)Noun
(en noun)- The lack of funding ultimately led to the demise of the project.
