different between incinerate vs cremate

English

Etymology

From Latin inciner?tus, perfect participle of inciner? (“to burn into ashes”), from cinis (“ashes”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?n?s?n??e?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /?n?s?n???t/

Verb

incinerate (third-person singular simple present incinerates, present participle incinerating, simple past and past participle incinerated)

1. (transitive) to destroy by burning

Translations

Adjective

incinerate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.

   • FIRE burneth wood, making it first luminous; then black and brittle; and lastly , broken and incinerate

Anagrams

• cantinière, creatinine, itinerance

Latin

Verb

inciner?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of inciner?

English

Etymology

Latin crem? (“I burn (something) to ashes; I cremate (something)”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ime?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???me?t/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /k???me?t/

Verb

cremate (third-person singular simple present cremates, present participle cremating, simple past and past participle cremated)

1. (transitive) To burn something to ashes.
2. (transitive) To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

Related terms

• cremation
• crematorium

Translations

Anagrams

• ceramet, meercat

Italian

Verb

cremate

1. second-person plural present of cremare
2. second-person plural imperative of cremare

Anagrams

• certame

Latin

Verb

crem?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of crem?