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Exhume vs Untomb - What's the difference?

exhume | untomb |

As verbs the difference between exhume and untomb

is that exhume is to dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter while untomb is to take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter.

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

    untomb

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter.
    • (Fuller)
    (Webster 1913)