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Monument vs Gravestone - What's the difference?

monument | gravestone | Synonyms |

Monument is a synonym of gravestone.


As nouns the difference between monument and gravestone

is that monument is monument while gravestone is a stone slab set at the head of a grave.

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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    gravestone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stone slab set at the head of a grave.

    • Synonyms

    * headstone; tombstone

    See also

    * through-stone