Gravedigger vs. Undertaker — What's the Difference?

A gravedigger is a cemetery worker who is responsible for digging a grave prior to a funeral service.

See funeral director.

One that digs graves.

(ŭn′dər-tākər) One who undertakes a task or job.

A person employed to dig graves.

A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

A necrophore, or burying beetle.

(historical) A person receiving land in Ireland during the Elizabethan era, so named because they gave an undertaking to abide by several conditions regarding marriage, to be loyal to the crown, and to use English as their spoken language.

A digger of graves.

(historical) A contractor for the royal revenue in England, one of those who undertook to manage the House of Commons for the king in the Addled Parliament of 1614.

A person who earns a living by digging graves

(rare) One who undertakes or commits to doing something.

One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business.

One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor.

Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals.

One whose business is the management of funerals