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Boneyard vs Cemetery - What's the difference?

boneyard | cemetery |

As nouns the difference between boneyard and cemetery

is that boneyard is a graveyard while cemetery is a place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.

boneyard

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A graveyard.
  • (games) In the game of dominoes, the pile of upside-down, as-yet-unused pieces.

    • Synonyms

    *(graveyard) see also .

    cemetery

    English

    (wikipedia cemetery)

    Alternative forms

    * (history) * (archaic)

    Noun

    (cemeteries)
  • A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * catacomb * churchyard * charnel house * columbarium * crypt * graveyard * mausoleum * morgue * mortuary * necropolis * ossuary * reliquary * sepulchre * tombstone * tumulus