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Crematory vs Cemetery - What's the difference?

crematory | cemetery |

As nouns the difference between crematory and cemetery

is that crematory is the establishment or furnace that cremates bodies while cemetery is a place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.

As an adjective crematory

is pertaining to the act of cremating bodies.

crematory

English

(cremation)

Adjective

(-)
  • Pertaining to the act of cremating bodies.
  • Noun

    (crematories)
  • The establishment or furnace that cremates bodies.
  • 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