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Monument vs Memorial - What's the difference?

monument | memorial |

As nouns the difference between monument and memorial

is that monument is a structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration while memorial is a structure, such as a monument, intended to celebrate the memory of a person or event.

As an adjective memorial is

serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.

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).
  • Hyponyms

    * cenotaph

    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.