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Tomb vs Sepulchre - What's the difference?

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Sepulchre is a synonym of tomb.



In transitive terms the difference between tomb and sepulchre

is that tomb is to bury while sepulchre is to place in a sepulchre.

tomb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • * Shakespeare
    • As one dead in the bottom of a tomb .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bury.

    • sepulchre

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sepulcher (chiefly US)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A burial chamber.

    • Synonyms

    * tomb

    Related terms

    * right of sepulchre * sepulchral * sepulture

    Verb

    (sepulchr)
  • To place in a sepulchre.
  • * Milton
    • And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie / That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.

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