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Exhumed vs Embalmed - What's the difference?

exhumed | embalmed |

As verbs the difference between exhumed and embalmed

is that exhumed is (exhume) while embalmed is (embalm).

exhumed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (exhume)

    • exhume

    English

    Verb

    (exhum)
  • To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
    • The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.

    Synonyms

    * dig up, disinter, unearth

    Antonyms

    * bury, inhume, inter

    Derived terms

    * exhumation * exhumer

    embalmed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (embalm)

    • embalm

    English

    Verb

    (embalming) (en verb)
  • To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition
  • * And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father Genesis 50:2
  • To perfume or add fragrance to something

    • Derived terms

    * embalming * embalmer