Memento vs. Keepsake

Mementonoun

A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.

Mementonoun

A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir.

Mementonoun

a reminder of past events

Mementonoun

an object kept as a reminder of a person or event

Keepsakenoun

Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.

Keepsakenoun

(historical) Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings.

Keepsakenoun

Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.

Keepsakenoun

something of sentimental value