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tomb vs mastaba

mastaba vs tomb

tomb and mastaba both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tomb Yes No No No
mastaba Yes No No No
As nouns, mastaba is a hyponym of tomb; that is, mastaba is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tomb:
  • tomb: a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
  • mastaba: an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof
Other hyponyms of tomb include burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture, mastabah.
tomb (noun) mastaba (noun)
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof
Difference between tomb and mastaba

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