bury vs deposit

deposit vs bury

bury is not a noun while deposit is a noun.

bury and deposit both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bury	No	No	Yes	No
deposit	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, deposit is a hypernym of bury; that is, deposit is a word with a broader meaning than bury:

bury: place in the earth and cover with soil
deposit: put (something somewhere) firmly

Other hypernyms of bury include fix, posit, situate.

bury (noun)	deposit (noun)
	the act of putting something somewhere
	a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
	a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
	matter that has been deposited by some natural process
	the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
	a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
	money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
	money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
	the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

bury (verb)	deposit (verb)
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering	put, fix, force, or implant
place in the earth and cover with soil	put (something somewhere) firmly
embed deeply	put into a bank account
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
cover from sight
place in a grave or tomb

Difference between bury and deposit

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