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Commemorate vs Celebrating - What's the difference?

commemorate | celebrating |

As verbs the difference between commemorate and celebrating

is that commemorate is to honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony while celebrating is present participle of lang=en.

commemorate

English

Verb

  • To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony.
  • * On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march.
  • To serve as a memorial to someone or something.
  • * The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.

    • Synonyms

    * memorialize

    Derived terms

    * commemorative * commemoration English transitive verbs ----

    celebrating

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
    • While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.