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Tomb vs Tumb - What's the difference?

tomb | tumb |

As verbs the difference between tomb and tumb

is that tomb is to bury while tumb is to tumble; jump; dance.

As a noun 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.

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.
  • tumb

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To tumble; jump; dance.