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Casket vs Bier - What's the difference?

casket | bier |

As nouns the difference between casket and bier

is that casket is a little box, eg for jewellery while bier is beer.

As a verb casket

is (poetic|transitive) to put into, or preserve in, a casket.

casket

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
  • An urn.
  • A coffin.
  • (nautical) A gasket.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (poetic) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have casketed my treasure.

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    bier

    English

    (wikipedia bier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
  • * 1602 : , act IV scene 5
    • They bore him bare-faced on the bier
  • a platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
  • A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.
    • (Knight)

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