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Congratulate vs Commemorate - What's the difference?

congratulate | commemorate |

As verbs the difference between congratulate and commemorate

is that congratulate is to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for while commemorate is to honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony.

congratulate

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic)

Verb

(congratulat)
  • to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for

    • Derived terms

    * congratulable * congratulant * congratulating * congratulation * congratulations * congratulative * congratulator * congratulatory English reporting verbs ----

    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 ----