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.
Related terms
* cremate
* cremator
* crematorium
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