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Epitaph vs Exodus - What's the difference?

epitaph | exodus |

As nouns the difference between epitaph and exodus

is that epitaph is epitaph (inscription on a gravestone) while exodus is a sudden departure of a large number of people.

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

    exodus

    English

    (Exodus)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (the Exodus) The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.
  • The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus.

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