Mausoleum vs. Crypt

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Main Difference

The main difference between Mausoleum and Crypt is that the Mausoleum is a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people and Crypt is a stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a burial vault.

  • Mausoleum

    A mausoleuma is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb, or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum.

  • Crypt

    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.

    Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a church, such as at the Abbey of Saint-Germain en Auxerre, but were later located beneath chancel, naves and transepts as well. Occasionally churches were raised high to accommodate a crypt at the ground level, such as St Michael’s Church in Hildesheim, Germany.

Wikipedia
  • Mausoleum (noun)

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

  • Mausoleum (noun)

    A gloomy, usually large room or building.

  • Crypt (noun)

    A cave or cavern. from 15th c.

  • Crypt (noun)

    An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place. from 16th c.

  • Crypt (noun)

    A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure. from 19th c.

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