Bury vs Deposit - What's the difference?
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To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
To place in the ground.
(transitive, often, figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
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, title= (figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
(figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.
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(figuratively) To score a goal.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury , and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
A borough; a manor
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Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.
(banking) Money placed in an account.
Anything left behind on a surface.
(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
A place of deposit; a depository.
To lay down; to place; to put.
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To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
To put money or funds into an account.
To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
In transitive terms the difference between bury and deposit
is that bury is to place in the ground while deposit is to put money or funds into an account.As a proper noun Bury
is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.bury
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) burien, berien, from (etyl) .Verb
High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.
- Give me a bowl of wine. / In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius.
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Derived terms
*Noun
(buries)References
Etymology 2
See (borough).Noun
(buries)- Indisputable, though very dim to modern vision, rests on its hill-slope that same Bury , Stow, or Town of St. Edmund; already a considerable place, not without traffic
Anagrams
* ----deposit
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Alternative forms
* depositeNoun
(en noun)- a mineral deposit
- a deposit of seaweed on the shore
- They put a deposit on the apartment.
Derived terms
* security deposit * container-deposit * bottle deposit * can depositSee also
* refundableVerb
(en verb)- A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.
- The waters deposited a rich alluvium.
- The fear is deposited in conscience.
- to deposit goods in a warehouse
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