Cemetery

I was embarrassingly far into my 20s when I learned that graveyards and cemeteries aren’t the same thing (the same goes for “coffin” and “casket”).

And I’m appalled at how many Halloweens I’ve spent unaware of the gory difference between ghosts and ghouls.

Well, another blow to my spooky self-esteem: seems I’ve been wrong to assume that tombstones are the same thing as headstones, too.

What’s the difference between a tombstone, a gravestone, and a headstone?

Many of us use the terms interchangeably to describe an engraved slab of rock placed above a deceased person’s grave.

And according to headstone experts at Milano monuments, that’s honestly alright for day-to-day use – in modern contexts, people will know what you mean.........

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