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Interment vs Committal - What's the difference?

interment | committal |

As nouns the difference between interment and committal

is that interment is the act of burying a dead body; burial while committal is the act of entrusting something to someone.

As an adjective committal is

of or relating to a committee.

interment

English

(wikipedia interment)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of burying a dead body; burial.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    committal

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of entrusting something to someone.
  • The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
  • The act of perpetrating an offence.
  • The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.

    • Alternative forms

    * commital

    Related terms

    * commit * commitment * noncommittal * committal hearing

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to a committee.

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