Hearse vs. Herse — What's the Difference?

A hearse is a large vehicle, especially an automobile, used to carry the body of a deceased person in a coffin/casket at a funeral, wake, or memorial service. They range from deliberately anonymous vehicles to very formal heavily decorated vehicles.

A vehicle for conveying a coffin to a church or cemetery.

(Christianity) A triangular candelabrum used at Tenebrae during Holy Week.

A framelike structure over a coffin or tomb on which to hang epitaphs.

A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.

A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.

A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.

A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.

A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.

(dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.

A hind in the second year of its age.

A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.

A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.

A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.

A carriage or motor vehicle specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave in a coffin.

To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.

A vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle