Difference between Mausoleum and Crypt

What is the difference between Mausoleum and Crypt?

Mausoleum as a noun is a large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs. while Crypt as a noun is an underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.

Mausoleum

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs. A gloomy, usually large room or building.

Crypt

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.A small pit or cavity in the body

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