Grave vs. Sedate — What's the Difference?

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.

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

A hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or dead body, typically marked by a stone or mound

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

Another term for grave accent

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

Giving cause for alarm; serious

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

Serious or solemn in manner or appearance

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

(as a direction) slowly; with solemnity.

To make tranquil.

Engrave (an inscription or image) on a surface

Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.

Clean (a ship's bottom) by burning off the accretions and then tarring it

Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to;

(as a direction) slowly; with solemnity.

Characterized by dignity and propriety

An excavation for the interment of a corpse.

Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises;

A place of burial.

Death or extinction

See grave accent.

Requiring serious thought; momentous

Fraught with danger or harm

Dignified and somber in conduct or character

Somber or dark in hue.

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

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.

To sculpt or carve; engrave.

To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.

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

An excavation in the earth as a place of burial

Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.

(by extension) Death, destruction.

(by extension) Deceased people; the dead.

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

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

To dig.

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

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

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

To entomb; to bury.

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

Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.

Low in pitch, tone etc.

Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.

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

(obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative.

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.

To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

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

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

To entomb; to bury.

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

Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.

Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; - said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.

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

Not acute or sharp; low; deep; - said of sound; as, a grave note or key.

Slow and solemn in movement.

An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.

Death of a person;

A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone);

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

Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it;

Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface;

Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises;

Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;