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Memorial vs Monumental - What's the difference?

memorial | monumental | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between memorial and monumental

is that memorial is serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative while monumental is in the manner of a monument.

As a noun memorial

is a structure, such as a monument, intended to celebrate the memory of a person or event.

memorial

English

(wikipedia memorial)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A structure, such as a monument, intended to celebrate the memory of a person or event
  • A service of remembrance or commemoration
  • (legal) a statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc .

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
    • a memorial building
  • * Alexander Pope
    • There high in air, memorial of my name, / Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
  • Contained in the memory.
    • a memorial possession
  • Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
  • * Skeat
    • This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.

    monumental

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the manner of a monument.
  • Large, grand and imposing. Fitting to be a monument to someone or something.
  • Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author= , title=Well-connected Brains , volume=100, issue=2, page=171 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
    "a monumental task"