What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Headstone vs Monument - What's the difference?

headstone | monument |

As nouns the difference between headstone and monument

is that headstone is a gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave while monument is monument.

headstone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave.

    • See also

    * footstone * menhir * through-stone

    Anagrams

    *

    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

    * *


    ----