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Crypt vs Mausoleum - What's the difference?

crypt | mausoleum |

As nouns the difference between crypt and mausoleum

is that crypt is an underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place while mausoleum is a large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.

crypt

English

(wikipedia crypt)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
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  • (anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the body

    • See also

    * encrypt (slang)

    mausoleum

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
  • A gloomy, usually large room or building.

    • Derived terms

    * mausoleal * mausolean