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What is the difference between a coffin and a casket?
The only true difference between a coffin and casket is the shape of the box – caskets are rectangular and coffins are hexagonal – and their popularity regionally and over time. The terms coffin and casket may be used interchangeably, as they serve the same practical function. Both are funeral boxes, used for housing a body for the purposes of viewing, burial, or cremation.