As nouns the difference between caravan and hearse
is that
caravan is a convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert while
hearse is a hind in the second year of its age.
As verbs the difference between caravan and hearse
is that
caravan is to travel in a caravan (procession) while
hearse is (dated) to enclose in a hearse; to entomb.