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Died vs Decease - What's the difference?

died | decease |

As verbs the difference between died and decease

is that died is (die) while decease is to die.

As a noun decease is

(formal) death.

died

English

Verb

(head)
  • (die)

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

    • decease

    English

    Noun

    (death) (-)
  • (formal) death
  • (obsolescent) Departure, especially departure from this life

    • Verb

    (deceas)
  • To die.
  • *, II.17:
    • After which usurped victorie, he presently deceased : and partly through the excessive joy he thereby conceived.

    Synonyms

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    Usage notes

    The noun and verb forms are much less commonly used than the participial adjective "deceased," particularly outside formal, literary, or legal usage.