At what point does a casket become a coffin?!
Question: They are the same thing.
Any box used to bury the dead in is a coffin. Use of the word "casket" in this sense began as a euphemism introduced by the undertaker's trade in North America; a "casket" was originally a box for jewellery.[1] Some Americans[attribution needed] draw a distinction between "coffins" and "caskets"; for these people, a coffin is a tapered hexagonal or octagonal (also considered to be anthropodial in shape) box used for a burial. A rectangular burial box with a split lid used for viewing the deceased is called a "casket".
Some people also considered Caskets to have lining, and coffins to be unlined.
Answers: They are the same thing.
Any box used to bury the dead in is a coffin. Use of the word "casket" in this sense began as a euphemism introduced by the undertaker's trade in North America; a "casket" was originally a box for jewellery.[1] Some Americans[attribution needed] draw a distinction between "coffins" and "caskets"; for these people, a coffin is a tapered hexagonal or octagonal (also considered to be anthropodial in shape) box used for a burial. A rectangular burial box with a split lid used for viewing the deceased is called a "casket".
Some people also considered Caskets to have lining, and coffins to be unlined.
I believe it is when you put a dead body in it.....
5:30 p.m.
When I start throwing bodies in.
As soon as it's 6 feet under.
when your lying in it dead.
When the body inside starts to smell
a casket is the traditional rectangular box you see today
a coffin is the 6 sided tapered toe box you see at halloween like so: http://www.coffinitup.com/jsupdate/coffi...
