Interment vs. Funeral — What's the Difference?

The act or ritual of interring or burying.

A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor.

The act of burying a dead body; burial.

A ceremony or service held shortly after a person's death, usually including the person's burial or cremation

The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation.

A ceremony or group of ceremonies held in connection with the burial or cremation of a dead person.

The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

(Archaic) The eulogy delivered or the sermon preached at such a ceremony.

The burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites

The burial procession accompanying a body to the grave.

An end or a cessation of existence.

(Slang) A source of concern or care

Of, relating to, or resembling a funeral.

A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person. Often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.

A funeral sermon.

(uncommon) funereal

The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; - formerly used in the plural.

The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.

A funeral sermon; - usually in the plural.

Pertaining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies.

A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated;