Mosque vs Tomb - What's the difference?
mosque | tomb |
(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
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As nouns the difference between mosque and tomb
is that mosque is a place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid while tomb is a small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.As a verb tomb is
to bury.mosque
English
(wikipedia mosque)Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- There's an Ahmadiyya mosque near to where I live.
Synonyms
* masjidCoordinate terms
* church, synagogue, temple, gurdwara, hof, fire temple, circle, mandir, jinja, House of WorshipDerived terms
*inter-mosque *unmosqued *mosqueful *antimosque *mosqued *cybermosque *mosquelike *paramosque *megamosque *supermosque *mosque service *mosque affiliationtomb
English
Noun
(en noun)- As one dead in the bottom of a tomb .