Hearse vs. Herse — What's the Difference?

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.

In Greek mythology, Herse (Ancient Greek: Ἕρση "dew") may refer to the following figures: Herse, daughter of Selene by Zeus, see Ersa. Herse, daughter of Cecrops.

A vehicle for conveying a coffin to a church or cemetery.

A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes, hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered to impede the advance of an enemy.

(Christianity) A triangular candelabrum used at Tenebrae during Holy Week.

Obsolete form of hearse(a carriage for the dead)

A framelike structure over a coffin or tomb on which to hang epitaphs.

(obsolete) A funeral ceremony.

A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.

Alternative form of hearse

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.

A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy.

A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.

See Hearse, a carriage for the dead.

A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.

A funeral ceremonial.

A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.

(dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.

A hind in the second year of its age.

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.

A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.

A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.

A carriage or motor vehicle specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave in a coffin.

To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.

A vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle