So THAT's The Difference Between A Cemetery And A Graveyard

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/6901fcb41800007df8e8fa1b.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Graveyard" data-caption="Graveyard" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Ruben Ortega via Unsplash" />Graveyard</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>Though the terms are often used interchangeably, <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/coffin-casket-difference_l_68f64ca1e4b02184e56ef590">coffins and caskets</a> are actually completely different things. </p><p>The same goes for <a href="v" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ghosts and ghouls</a>, though I have to admit that the difference between the latter pair is significantly gorier. </p><p>And since we’re on the subject of spooky, not-quite synonyms, I wondered – wait, are cemeteries the same thing as graveyards? </p><p>Apparently, not, it seems. Though both refer to burial sites for the dead, they are actually distinct (I had no idea). </p><h2><strong>What’s the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard?</strong></h2><p>According to the <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/difference-between-cemetery-and-graveyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Merriam-Webster dictionary’s site</a>, it has to do with size, (sometimes) place, and figurative use of the words. </p><p>A graveyard, they say, usually refers to a “small cemetery, such as one situated next to a church”. </p><p>And “graveyard” is more often used “figuratively to refer to places where things are left or thrown away” – maybe your junk drawer is a “broken phone graveyard,” but not a “phone cemetery,” for instance. </p><p>A graveyard is a type of cemetery, but a cemetery <a href="htt