Epitaph vs Funeral - What's the difference?
epitaph | funeral |
An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.
To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
* Bishop Hall
To commemorate by an epitaph.
* G. Harvey
Related to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person.
A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person. Often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
(dated, chiefly, in the plural) A funeral sermon.
* South
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)Verb
(en verb)- The common in their speeches epitaph upon him "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog."
- 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 tombstonefuneral
English
(wikipedia funeral)Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- No one likes to go to funerals .
- Mr. Giles Lawrence preached his funerals .