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A Burial is when the casket is lowered into the ground with the body, intact, inside. A Cremation is when the casket and the body are burned into ashes, then give to family/friends. A burial is often much more expensive that a cremation.

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they burn your body into ashes when you're cremated. In a burial, they bury your corpse in a burial

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