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Pallbearer vs Undertaker - What's the difference?

pallbearer | undertaker |

As nouns the difference between pallbearer and undertaker

is that pallbearer is one who carries a corner of the pall over a coffin or casket while undertaker is a funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

pallbearer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) One who carries a corner of the pall over a coffin or casket.
  • One called upon to carry or bear the casket at a funeral.

    • undertaker

    English

    Noun

  • A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations
  • (historical) A person receiving land in Ireland during the Elizabethan era, so named because they gave an undertaking to abide by several conditions regarding marriage, to be loyal to the crown, and to use English as their spoken language.
    • In 1588 became an undertaker in the first Elizabethan plantation, receiving the forfeited Irish estate of Kilcolman Castle.

    Related terms

    * undertake * undertaking