deposit vs bury

bury vs deposit

deposit is a noun but bury is not a noun.

deposit and bury both are verbs.

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

As verbs, bury is a hyponym of deposit; that is, bury is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deposit:

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

Other hyponyms of deposit include sediment.

deposit (noun)	bury (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

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

Difference between deposit and bury

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