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Cremation vs Casket - What's the difference?

cremation | casket |

As nouns the difference between cremation and casket

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

As a verb casket is

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

cremation

English

(wikipedia cremation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

    • Synonyms

    * incineration

    Related terms

    * cremate * cremating * crematorium, crematory

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ation

    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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