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Crematorium vs Cemetery - What's the difference?

crematorium | cemetery |

As nouns the difference between crematorium and cemetery

is that crematorium is a place where the bodies of dead people are cremated while cemetery is a place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.

crematorium

English

(wikipedia crematorium)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated

    • Related terms

    * cremate * cremation * crematory

    cemetery

    English

    (wikipedia cemetery)

    Alternative forms

    * (history) * (archaic)

    Noun

    (cemeteries)
  • A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * catacomb * churchyard * charnel house * columbarium * crypt * graveyard * mausoleum * morgue * mortuary * necropolis * ossuary * reliquary * sepulchre * tombstone * tumulus