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Funeral vs Obsequies - What's the difference?

funeral | obsequies |

As nouns the difference between funeral and obsequies

is that 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 while obsequies is funeral rites.

As an adjective funeral

is related to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person.

funeral

English

(wikipedia 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 .

    Related terms

    * cemetery * funerary * funereal * mortuary

    Derived terms

    * funeral director * funeral parlour

    Anagrams

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    obsequies

    English

    Noun

  • (label) funeral rites
  • see obsequy

    • Usage notes

    * the plural only usage is favored by the Oxford Dictionary obsequies ('obsequy' not listed)]. Oxford Dictionaries Online, Oxford University Press, and thus can be considered to be British, whereas Webster's dictionary, with prevalence of the usage in the plural being noted, gives both singular and plural forms of the word[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/obsequy obsequy. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. * in modern usage, not to be confused with obsequious

    References

    * The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus. American Edition. Oxford University Press, 1997 * Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language . Random House, 1996. ----