Tomb vs. Mausoleum

Tombnoun

A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.

Tombnoun

A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.

Tombnoun

One who keeps secrets.

Tombverb

(transitive) To bury.

Tombnoun

A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.

Tombnoun

A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.

Tombnoun

A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.

Tombverb

To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.

Tombnoun

a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone);

Tombnoun

a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead.

Tombnoun

an enclosure for a corpse cut in the earth or in rock.

Tombnoun

a monument to the memory of a dead person, erected over their burial place.

Tombnoun

used in similes and metaphors to refer to a place or situation that is extremely cold, quiet, or dark, or that forms a confining enclosure

Tombnoun

death

Tomb

A tomb (Greek: τύμβος tumbos) is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes.

Mausoleumnoun

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

Mausoleumnoun

(by extension) A gloomy, usually large room or building.

Mausoleumnoun

A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.

Mausoleumnoun

a large burial chamber, usually above ground

Mausoleum

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph.