But if you google it, you get a bunch of results from funeral homes saying the same thing this post is. I’d say the terminology used in actual practice carries more weight than Merriam-Webster.
The funny thing is, Merriam-Webster changed the way they define words in the 50s or 60s to include the way people use them in actual language rather than a static, unchanging, rigid definition. It’s why you can now find definitions for things like irregardless and ain’t in MW.
If I google it aliens built the pyramids as well. I think someone got the other definitions into wikipedia so it has the appearance of Truth. Or maybe wikipedia is reality now.
This is incorrect - it’s a writer’s fantasy to make a character look like a pedant.
From Merriam-Webster…
Coffin: a box or chest for burying a corpse. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffin
Casket: 1: a small chest or box (as for jewels) 2: a usually fancy coffin https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket
But if you google it, you get a bunch of results from funeral homes saying the same thing this post is. I’d say the terminology used in actual practice carries more weight than Merriam-Webster.
The funny thing is, Merriam-Webster changed the way they define words in the 50s or 60s to include the way people use them in actual language rather than a static, unchanging, rigid definition. It’s why you can now find definitions for things like irregardless and ain’t in MW.
If I google it aliens built the pyramids as well. I think someone got the other definitions into wikipedia so it has the appearance of Truth. Or maybe wikipedia is reality now.
These are actual businesses that do this for a living saying that, not wikipedia.
I’m not sure random businesses are the authority on the English language. If you don’t like Webster then go to Oxford: casket,n. A coffin. U.S. 1849
As a regionalism it doesn’t even appear under the main entries of casket.
The main entry is the same use as Webster’s 1: above, a small container for valuable items.