Commemorate vs. Celebrate

Commemorateverb

(transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.

Commemorateverb

(transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something.

Commemorateverb

To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.

Commemorateverb

mark by some ceremony or observation;

Commemorateverb

call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony;

Commemorateverb

be or provide a memorial to a person or an event;

Commemorateverb

recall and show respect for (someone or something)

Commemorateverb

mark or celebrate (an event or person) by doing or producing something

Celebrateverb

(transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner.

Celebrateverb

(transitive) To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep.

Celebrateverb

(intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.

Celebrateverb

(transitive) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites.

Celebrateverb

To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

Celebrateverb

To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.

Celebrateverb

To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.

Celebrateverb

celebrate, as of holidays or rites;

Celebrateverb

have a celebration;

Celebrateverb

assign great social importance to;