Cremation vs. Inhumation — What's the Difference?

Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning.Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial. In some countries, including India and Nepal, cremation on an open-air pyre is an ancient tradition.

To place in a grave; bury.

To incinerate (a corpse).

The act of burial.

A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.

A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.

(medicine) arenation

The incineration of a dead body

The act of inhuming or burying; interment.

The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.

Arenation.

The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave