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Burial vs Interred - What's the difference?

burial | interred |

As a noun burial

is the act of burying; interment.

As an adjective interred is

having been interred.

As a verb interred is

past tense of inter.

burial

English

Alternative forms

* buriall (obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia burial) (en noun)
  • The act of burying; interment

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    interred

    English

    Alternative forms

    * intered (rare)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having been interred.
  • (of a buried corpse) Located.

    • Synonyms

    * (having been interred) belowground, buried, inhumed * (located) buried

    Antonyms

    * (having been interred) unburied

    Verb

    (head)
  • (inter)
  • * 1623 , William Shakespeare, King Henry V , Crown Publishers, Inc. (1975), page 509
    • I Richard's body have interred new, and on it have bestow'd more contrite tears than from it issu'd forced drops of blood...

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