Monument vs Memento - What's the difference?
monument | memento | Synonyms |
A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
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).
---- A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 16
, author=Denis Campbell
, title=Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'
, work=Guardian
As nouns the difference between monument and memento
is that monument is a structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration while memento is a keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.monument
English
(wikipedia monument)Noun
(en noun)- There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
Hyponyms
* cenotaphExternal links
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memento
English
Noun
(en-noun)- I kept the shell as a memento of my visit to the seashore.
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