Hearse vs. Carriage
Hearsenoun
A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.
Carriagenoun
The act of conveying; carrying.
Hearsenoun
A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
Carriagenoun
Means of conveyance.
Hearsenoun
A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
Carriagenoun
A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
‘The carriage ride was very romantic.’;
Hearsenoun
A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
Carriagenoun
(British) A rail car, especially one designed for the conveyance of passengers.
Hearsenoun
A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.
Carriagenoun
A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.
Hearseverb
(dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
Carriagenoun
(archaic) One's behaviour, or way of conducting oneself towards others.
Hearsenoun
A hind in the second year of its age.
Carriagenoun
The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.
Hearsenoun
A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
Carriagenoun
A shopping cart.
Hearsenoun
A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
‘Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows.’; ‘Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse.’;
Carriagenoun
(British) A stroller; a baby carriage.
Hearsenoun
A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
‘Set down, set down your honorable load,It honor may be shrouded in a hearse.’;
Carriagenoun
The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and carriage paid).
Hearsenoun
A carriage or motor vehicle specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave in a coffin.
Carriagenoun
(archaic) That which is carried, baggage
Hearseverb
To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.
Carriagenoun
That which is carried; burden; baggage.
‘David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage.’; ‘And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem.’;
Hearsenoun
a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle
Carriagenoun
The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
‘Nine days employed in carriage.’;
Hearse
A hearse is a large vehicle, especially an automobile, used to carry the body of a deceased person in a coffin/casket at a funeral, wake, or memorial service. They range from deliberately anonymous vehicles to very formal heavily decorated vehicles.
Carriagenoun
The price or expense of carrying.
Carriagenoun
That which carries of conveys,
Carriagenoun
The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.
‘His gallant carriage all the rest did grace.’;
Carriagenoun
The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.
‘The passage and whole carriage of this action.’;
Carriagenoun
a railcar where passengers ride
Carriagenoun
a vehicle with four wheels drawn by two or more horses
Carriagenoun
characteristic way of bearing one's body;
‘stood with good posture’;
Carriagenoun
a machine part that carries something else
Carriagenoun
a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
Carriage
A carriage is a private four-wheeled vehicle for people and is most commonly horse-drawn. Second-hand private carriages were common public transport, the equivalent of modern cars used as taxis.
