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Unearth vs Exhume - What's the difference?

unearth | exhume | Synonyms |

Exhume is a antonym of unearth.

Exhume is a synonym of unearth.



As verbs the difference between unearth and exhume

is that unearth is to drive or draw from the earth while exhume is to dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

unearth

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To drive or draw from the earth.
  • To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose.
  • to unearth a secret
  • To dig up.
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    exhume

    English

    Verb

    (exhum)
  • To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
  • The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.

    Synonyms

    * dig up, disinter, unearth

    Antonyms

    * bury, inhume, inter

    Derived terms

    * exhumation * exhumer