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Chest vs Casket - What's the difference?

chest | casket |

As nouns the difference between chest and casket

is that chest is a box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid while casket is a little box, e.g. for jewellery.

As verbs the difference between chest and casket

is that chest is to hit with one's chest (front of one's body while casket is to put into, or preserve in, a casket.

chest

English

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Etymology 1

From (etyl) cheste, chiste, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
  • :
  • *
  • *:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
  • (lb) A coffin.
  • The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
  • :
  • A chest of drawers.
  • (senseid)(lb) The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.
  • :
  • #A hit or blow made with one's chest.
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    • Synonyms
    * (the thorax) breast * (box) trunk
    Derived terms
    * bad chest * chest cavity * chest cold * chestless * chestlike * chest of drawers * chest pass * chestnut * chest wall * chesty * get off one’s chest * hope chest * keep one's cards close to one's chest * treasure chest * war chest

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 23 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Pedersen fed Kalinic in West Brom's defensive third and his chested lay-off was met on the burst by the Canadian who pelted by Tamas and smashed the ball into the top of Myhill's net. }}
  • To deposit in a chest.
  • (obsolete) To place in a coffin.
  • * Bible, Genesis 1. 26
    • He dieth and is chested .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) cheste, cheeste, cheaste, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

    • Anagrams

    * English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    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.

    Anagrams

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