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Soheil1 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Interment

Hi.
Is there any difference between 'interment' and 'burial'?

Thanks in advance
  

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In the context of death, no real difference,except that 'interment' is a more formal word.

— Clive

  • In the context of death, no real difference,except that 'interment' is a more formal word.
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In the context of death, no real difference,except that 'interment' is a more formal word.
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interment is more formal.
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A famous person has an interment when he or she dies.
The rest of us have a burial.

CJ
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CalifJimThe rest of us have a burial.
or a cremation. Emotion: angel
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teechror a cremation.
Right. I thought of that but decided not to throw a hair into the soup.
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CalifJimThe rest of us have a burial.
Not necessarily. Some donate their dead bodies to medical researches thus avoiding burials altogether.
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AnonymousSome donate their dead bodies ...
Another hair in the soup. This soup is getting less and less palatable.
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Anonymousmedical researches
medical research
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Anonymousmedical research
What's wrong with plural? They dissect you and send parts of the corps to different medical departments for carrying out a particular pieces of research. Dictionaries include plural "researches".
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Anonymous corps
The Marine Corps?
AnonymousDictionaries include plural "researches".
In standard English, it is a neologism that I am trying hard to suppress.
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