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Epitaph vs Funeral - What's the difference?

epitaph | funeral |

As nouns the difference between epitaph and funeral

is that epitaph is epitaph (inscription on a gravestone) while funeral is a ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.

As an adjective funeral is

related to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person.

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

    funeral

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Related to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person. Often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
  • No one likes to go to funerals .
  • (dated, chiefly, in the plural) A funeral sermon.
  • * South
  • Mr. Giles Lawrence preached his funerals .

    Derived terms

    * funeral director * funeral parlour

    Anagrams

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