As nouns the difference between depository and ashery
is that depository is a place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository while ashery is a depository for ashes.
depository
English
Noun
(depositories)
A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping or preservation; a repository.
A trustee; a depositary.
Antonyms
* nondepository
ashery
English
Noun
(
asheries)
A depository for ashes.
A place where potash is made.
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Webster 1913)