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Grave vs. Sedate — What's the Difference?

Grave vs. Sedate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Grave and Sedate

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Grave

A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is buried or interred after a funeral. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of burial, such as graveyards or cemeteries.Certain details of a grave, such as the state of the body found within it and any objects found with the body, may provide information for archaeologists about how the body may have lived before its death, including the time period in which it lived and the culture that it had been a part of.

Sedate

Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner.

Grave

A hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or dead body, typically marked by a stone or mound
The coffin was lowered into the grave
A mass grave

Sedate

To administer a sedative to (a person or animal); calm by means of a sedative drug.

Grave

Another term for grave accent
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Sedate

(of a person or their behaviour) Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding too much activity or excitement.

Grave

Giving cause for alarm; serious
A matter of grave concern

Sedate

(of an object, particularly a building) Not overly ornate or showy.

Grave

Serious or solemn in manner or appearance
His face was grave

Sedate

To calm or put (a person) to sleep using a sedative drug.

Grave

(as a direction) slowly; with solemnity.

Sedate

To make tranquil.

Grave

Engrave (an inscription or image) on a surface
Marble graved with exquisite flower, human and animal forms

Sedate

Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.
Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
Whatsoever we feel and knowToo sedate for outward show.

Grave

Clean (a ship's bottom) by burning off the accretions and then tarring it
They graved the ship there and remained 26 days

Sedate

Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to;
The patient must be sedated before the operation

Grave

(as a direction) slowly; with solemnity.

Sedate

Characterized by dignity and propriety

Grave

An excavation for the interment of a corpse.

Sedate

Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises;
A grave God-fearing man
A quiet sedate nature
As sober as a judge
A solemn promise
The judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence

Grave

A place of burial.

Grave

Death or extinction
Faced the grave with calm resignation.

Grave

See grave accent.

Grave

Requiring serious thought; momentous
A grave decision in a time of crisis.

Grave

Fraught with danger or harm
A grave wound.

Grave

Dignified and somber in conduct or character
A grave procession.

Grave

Somber or dark in hue.

Grave

Written with or modified by the mark ( ` ), as the è in Sèvres.

Grave

Of or referring to a phonetic feature that distinguishes sounds produced at the periphery of the vocal tract, as in labial and velar consonants and back vowels.

Grave

To sculpt or carve; engrave.

Grave

To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.

Grave

To clean and coat (the bottom of a wooden ship) with pitch.

Grave

An excavation in the earth as a place of burial

Grave

Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.

Grave

(by extension) Death, destruction.

Grave

(by extension) Deceased people; the dead.

Grave

A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).

Grave

(historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.

Grave

To dig.

Grave

To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

Grave

To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
To grave an image

Grave

To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

Grave

To entomb; to bury.

Grave

To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

Grave

Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.

Grave

Low in pitch, tone etc.

Grave

Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.

Grave

Dull, produced in the middle or back of the mouth. (See Grave and acute)

Grave

(obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative.

Grave

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; - so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.

Grave

To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
He hath graven and digged up a pit.

Grave

To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel.

Grave

To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
With gold men may the hearte grave.

Grave

To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
O! may they graven in thy heart remain.

Grave

To entomb; to bury.
Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground.

Grave

To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

Grave

Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.
His shield grave and great.

Grave

Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; - said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.
Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors.
A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity.

Grave

Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.

Grave

Not acute or sharp; low; deep; - said of sound; as, a grave note or key.
The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone.

Grave

Slow and solemn in movement.

Grave

An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.
He bad lain in the grave four days.

Grave

Death of a person;
He went to his grave without forgiving me
From cradle to grave

Grave

A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone);
He put flowers on his mother's grave

Grave

A mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

Grave

Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it;
She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband

Grave

Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface;
Engrave a pen
Engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup

Grave

Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises;
A grave God-fearing man
A quiet sedate nature
As sober as a judge
A solemn promise
The judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence

Grave

Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;
A dangerous operation
A grave situation
A grave illness
Grievous bodily harm
A serious wound
A serious turn of events
A severe case of pneumonia
A life-threatening disease

Grave

Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;
Grave responsibilities
Faced a grave decision in a time of crisis
A grievous fault
Heavy matters of state
The weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference

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