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Cenotaph vs Epitaph - What's the difference?

cenotaph | epitaph |

As nouns the difference between cenotaph and epitaph

is that cenotaph is a monument erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere; especially members of the armed forces who died in battle while epitaph is an inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.

As a verb epitaph is

to write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.

cenotaph

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A monument erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere; especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.

    • epitaph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
  • A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
  • * Bishop Hall
    • The common in their speeches epitaph upon him "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog."
  • To commemorate by an epitaph.
  • * G. Harvey
    • Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.

    See also

    * eulogy – oration about the dead, often at funeral * obituary – published writing on the dead * epigraph – quote on a tombstone