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Graveyard/cemetery
A friend of mine asked me the difference between "graveyard" and "cemetery". I didn't know. So she looked up her dictionary and said, "Oh, I got it. "Graveyard" is associated with a church, and "cemetery" is not." I said, thanks, and after I came back home, I checked my dictionary so that I wouldn't forget what she told me. But it says neither of them is associated with church, and "churchyard" is. Online dictionaries (M-W and AHD) simply say "graveyard" is "cemetery" and "cemetery" is "graveyard". So, my question is, what is the difference between "graveyard" and "cemetery"? Is there any difference?
Nobuko Iwasaki
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on 05 Nov 2003: [nq:1]A friend of mine asked me the difference between "graveyard" and "cemetery". I didn't know. So she looked up her ...
- on 05 Nov 2003: [nq:1]A friend of mine asked me the difference between "graveyard" and "cemetery".
- I didn't know.
- So she looked up her ...
- and "cemetery" is "graveyard".
- So, my question is, what is the difference between "graveyard" and "cemetery"?
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on 05 Nov 2003:
[nq:1]A friend of mine asked me the difference between "graveyard" and "cemetery". I didn't know. So she looked up her ... and "cemetery" is "graveyard". So, my question is, what is the difference between "graveyard" and "cemetery"? Is there any difference?[/nq]
W3NID says this of "cemetary":
an area for burial or entombment:
a : a Roman catacomb
b : a consecrat
[nq:1]A friend of mine asked me the difference between "graveyard" and "cemetery". I didn't know. So she looked up her ... and "cemetery" is "graveyard". So, my question is, what is the difference between "graveyard" and "cemetery"? Is there any difference?[/nq]
W3NID says this of "cemetary":
an area for burial or entombment:
a : a Roman catacomb
b : a consecrat
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[nq:1]W3NID says this of "cemetary":[/nq]
I'm willing to bet that W3NID doesn't have an entry for "cemetary"..
(I wouldn't have remarked on it except you've used that spelling throughout your post it must be right up there with "misspelled" as one of English's most-often-misspelled words.)
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the p
I'm willing to bet that W3NID doesn't have an entry for "cemetary"..
(I wouldn't have remarked on it except you've used that spelling throughout your post it must be right up there with "misspelled" as one of English's most-often-misspelled words.)
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the p
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on 05 Nov 2003:
[nq:1]On 05 Nov 2003, CyberCypher wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]W3NID says this of "cemetary":[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm willing to bet that W3NID doesn't have an entry for "cemetary".. (I wouldn't have remarked on it except you've used that spelling throughout your post it must be right up there with "misspelled" as one of English's most-often-misspelled words.)[/nq]
The older I get, the
[nq:1]On 05 Nov 2003, CyberCypher wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]W3NID says this of "cemetary":[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm willing to bet that W3NID doesn't have an entry for "cemetary".. (I wouldn't have remarked on it except you've used that spelling throughout your post it must be right up there with "misspelled" as one of English's most-often-misspelled words.)[/nq]
The older I get, the
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[nq:1]on 05 Nov 2003:[/nq]
[nq:2]On 05 Nov 2003, CyberCypher wrote I'm willing to bet ... up there with "misspelled" as one of English's most-often-misspelled words.)[/nq]
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[nq:1]I don't know about that. I don't often see the word in print. I think "definately" and "seperate(ly)" are probably much higher on the list, though.[/nq]
Yeah, probably I tend to see "cemetar
[nq:2]On 05 Nov 2003, CyberCypher wrote I'm willing to bet ... up there with "misspelled" as one of English's most-often-misspelled words.)[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't know about that. I don't often see the word in print. I think "definately" and "seperate(ly)" are probably much higher on the list, though.[/nq]
Yeah, probably I tend to see "cemetar
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[nq:1]On 05 Nov 2003, CyberCypher wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]W3NID says this of "cemetary":[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm willing to bet that W3NID doesn't have an entry for "cemetary".. (I wouldn't have remarked on it except you've used that spelling throughout your post it must be right up there with "misspelled" as one of English's most-often-misspelled words.)[/nq]
I'm so glad you pointed that out. It's on
[nq:2]W3NID says this of "cemetary":[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm willing to bet that W3NID doesn't have an entry for "cemetary".. (I wouldn't have remarked on it except you've used that spelling throughout your post it must be right up there with "misspelled" as one of English's most-often-misspelled words.)[/nq]
I'm so glad you pointed that out. It's on
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[nq:1]W3NID says this of "cemetary": : an area for burial or entombment: a : a Roman catacomb b : a ... their bicycles or hair dryers or kitchen appliances a bicycle graveyard, hair-dryer graveyard, or kitchen-appliance graveyard, but never a cemetary.[/nq]
Thank you for the explanation.
Now I understand why pet cemeteries are always pet cemeteries, not pet graveyards. I was told, when I w
Thank you for the explanation.
Now I understand why pet cemeteries are always pet cemeteries, not pet graveyards. I was told, when I w
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[nq:1]A friend of mine asked me the difference between "graveyard" and "cemetery". I didn't know. So she looked up her ... and "cemetery" is "graveyard". So, my question is, what is the difference between "graveyard" and "cemetery"? Is there any difference?[/nq]
A nun told a joke about a monk who objected to someone saying that a Christian had been buried in a graveyard, saying it was not a gr
A nun told a joke about a monk who objected to someone saying that a Christian had been buried in a graveyard, saying it was not a gr
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[nq:1]. But that was just a joke. In practice there is little difference, exceptthat "graveyard" is native English and "cemetery" is derived from Greek. It's abit like the differene between "motherhood" and "maternity", or "handbook" and "manual".[/nq]
It is one of the reasons I have found it peculiar that some people refer to their garden as their 'yard'. To me there are prison yards, graveya
It is one of the reasons I have found it peculiar that some people refer to their garden as their 'yard'. To me there are prison yards, graveya
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[nq:1]It is one of the reasons I have found it peculiar that some people refer to their garden as their ... land behind or in front of a house as a garden and reserve 'yard' for uncultivated, paved or tarmac enclosures.[/nq]
This is consistent with my usage of "yard", though I do not have the overgeneralized CommonwealthE usage of "garden". I find it peculiar that my fellow Americans speak of
This is consistent with my usage of "yard", though I do not have the overgeneralized CommonwealthE usage of "garden". I find it peculiar that my fellow Americans speak of
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[nq:2]It is one of the reasons I have found it ... garden and reserve 'yard' for uncultivated, paved or tarmac enclosures.[/nq]
[nq:1]This is consistent with my usage of "yard", though I do not have the overgeneralized CommonwealthE usage of "garden". I ... have always called the GenAm "front yard" a "lawn", provided it's not too small in area and isn't too unkempt-looking.[/nq]
Wha
[nq:1]This is consistent with my usage of "yard", though I do not have the overgeneralized CommonwealthE usage of "garden". I ... have always called the GenAm "front yard" a "lawn", provided it's not too small in area and isn't too unkempt-looking.[/nq]
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