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Tomb vs Casket - What's the difference?

tomb | casket |

As nouns the difference between tomb and casket

is that tomb is block while casket is a little box, eg for jewellery.

As a verb casket is

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

tomb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
  • A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
  • * Shakespeare
    • As one dead in the bottom of a tomb .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bury.

    • 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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