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Cenotaph vs Monument - What's the difference?

cenotaph | monument |

Monument is a hyponym of cenotaph.



As nouns the difference between cenotaph and monument

is that cenotaph is a monument erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere; especially members of the armed forces who died in battle while monument is a structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.

cenotaph

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A monument erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere; especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.

    • monument

    English

    (wikipedia monument)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
    • There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
  • An important site owned by the community as a whole.
  • An exceptional or proud achievement.
  • An important burial vault or tomb.
  • A legal document.
  • A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

    • Related terms

    * monumental * monumentally

    Hyponyms

    * cenotaph

    External links

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