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Catacomb vs Ziggurat - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between catacomb and ziggurat

is that catacomb is an underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a subterranean tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in paris or ancient rome while ziggurat is .

catacomb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a subterranean tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or ancient Rome.

    • Usage notes

    Often used in the plural.

    ziggurat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (wikipedia ziggurat) (en noun)
  • A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

    • Derived terms

    * zigguratic, zigguratical