Remember vs Celebrate - What's the difference?
remember | celebrate |
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
* {{quote-book, 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, chapter=The Tutor's Daughter, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page=266
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* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 To memorize; to put something into memory.
To not forget (to do something required)
To convey greetings from.
(obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively)
* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
* Chapman
* , Secret Parting, lines 5-7
To engage in the process of recalling memories.
To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep.
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=20 To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 5
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool
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To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites.
In intransitive terms the difference between remember and celebrate
is that remember is to engage in the process of recalling memories while celebrate is to engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.As verbs the difference between remember and celebrate
is that remember is to recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory while celebrate is to extol or honour in a solemn manner.remember
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Alternative forms
* remembre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)citation
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- Since thou dost give me pains, / Let me remember thee what thou hast promis'd, / Which is not yet perform'd me.
- My friends remembered me of home.
- ''But soon, remembering her how brief the whole
- ''Of joy, which its own hours annihilate,
- ''Her set gaze gathered
Usage notes
* In sense 1 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . * In sense 3 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. * SeeSynonyms
* recall * reminisceDerived terms
* rememberer * remembranceSee also
* recollect * recollection * remindcelebrate
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Verb
(celebrat)- to celebrate the name of the Most High
- to celebrate a birthday
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- I was promoted today at work—let’s celebrate !
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- to celebrate a marriage