2007-03-25 03:11:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A COFFIN is the box or case in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial and is also referred to as a CASKET.
However a CASKET has also a different meaning; it is a small case or chest, as for jewels and other valuables. The word is probably derived from the French word CASSETTE.
2007-03-25 04:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by Fairy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody using modern English uses the term coffin anymore. Coffins are in old horror movies and haunted houses. The funeral industry only refers to them as a casket.
2007-03-25 10:35:30 · answer #2 · answered by allforasia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A coffin is a casket and a casket is a coffin just depends on which word you choose to use..
2007-03-25 10:16:46 · answer #3 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: 1cof·fin
Pronunciation: 'ko-f&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, basket, receptacle, from Anglo-French, from Latin cophinus
: a box or chest for burying a corpse -- compare CASKET
Main Entry: cas·ket
Pronunciation: 'kas-k&t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, perhaps modification of Middle French cassette
1 : a small chest or box (as for jewels)
2 : a usually fancy coffin
- casket transitive verb
2007-03-25 16:05:34 · answer #4 · answered by carly071 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coffin-box in which a corpse is buried or cremated.
casket-a container designed to hold a body for viewing and burial. At the time of burial, the casket has a lid to protect the body.
no difference as far as I see.
2007-03-25 10:24:36 · answer #5 · answered by ????? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coffin....1. an oblong box in which a corpse is buried.
2. the horny part of a horse's hoof.
casket...1. a coffin
2. a small case or chest, used for jewels and
other valuables.
2007-03-25 10:42:29 · answer #6 · answered by KieKie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wording, they are two different words for the same thing
2007-03-25 11:34:11 · answer #7 · answered by ragincajun1957 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋