Mausoleum vs. Crypt — What's the Difference?

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph.

A crypt (from Latin crypta "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics.

A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.

An underground vault or chamber, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.

A gloomy, usually large room or building.

(Anatomy) A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body.

A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.

A cave or cavern.

(by extension) A gloomy, usually large room or building.

An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.

A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.

(anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.

A large burial chamber, usually above ground

(botany) Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.

(botany) Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.

A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory.

A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of Lieberkühn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines.

A cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)