Tribute vs Memorial - What's the difference?
tribute | memorial |
An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
* Gray
A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
Extortion; protection money.
A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
(mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
To pay as tribute.
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 .
Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
* Alexander Pope
Contained in the memory.
Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
* Skeat
As nouns the difference between tribute and memorial
is that tribute is an acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift while memorial is a structure, such as a monument, intended to celebrate the memory of a person or event.As a verb tribute
is to pay as tribute.As an adjective memorial is
serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.tribute
English
(wikipedia tribute)Noun
(en noun)- Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks.
- the passing tribute of a sigh
- The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute .
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Synonyms
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English
(wikipedia memorial)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- a memorial building
- There high in air, memorial of my name, / Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
- a memorial possession
- This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.