The difference between Deceased and Departed
When used as nouns, deceased means a dead person, whereas departed means a dead person or persons.
When used as adjectives, deceased means no longer alive, dead, whereas departed means dead.
check bellow for the other definitions of Deceased and Departed
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Deceased as an adjective:
No longer alive, dead
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Deceased as an adjective:
Belonging to the dead.
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Deceased as an adjective (legal):
One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.
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Deceased as a noun:
A dead person.
Examples:
"The deceased was interred in his local churchyard."
"a memorial to the deceased of two World Wars"
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Deceased as a noun (legal):
One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.
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Departed as a verb:
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Departed as an adjective (euphemistic):
dead
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Departed as a noun (euphemistic):
A dead person or persons.