Monument vs. Memorial

Monumentnoun

A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.

Monumentnoun

An important site owned by the community as a whole.

Monumentnoun

An exceptional or proud achievement.

Monumentnoun

An important burial vault or tomb.

Monumentnoun

A legal document.

Monumentnoun

A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

Monumentnoun

Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.

Monumentnoun

A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions.

Monumentnoun

A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.

Monumentnoun

A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.

Monumentnoun

a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

Monumentnoun

an important site that is marked and preserved as public property

Monumentnoun

a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

Monumentnoun

a statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a notable person or event

Monumentnoun

a statue or other structure placed over a grave in memory of the dead

Monumentnoun

a building, structure, or site that is of historical importance or interest

Monumentnoun

an enduring and memorable example of something

Monument

A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical, political, technical or architectural importance. Some of the first monuments were dolmens or menhirs, megalithic constructions built for religious or funerary purposes.

Memorialnoun

A structure, such as a monument, intended to celebrate the memory of a person or event.

Memorialnoun

A service of remembrance or commemoration.

Memorialnoun

(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.

Memorialadjective

Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.

Memorialadjective

Contained in the memory.

Memorialadjective

Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

Memorialadjective

Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

Memorialadjective

Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.

Memorialadjective

Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

Memorialnoun

Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument.

Memorialnoun

A memorandum; a record.

Memorialnoun

A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., - often accompanied with a petition.

Memorialnoun

Memory; remembrance.

Memorialnoun

A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.

Memorialnoun

a recognition of meritorious service

Memorialnoun

a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority

Memorialnoun

a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

Memorialnoun

a statue or structure established to remind people of a person or event

Memorialnoun

intended to commemorate someone or something

Memorialnoun

a statement of facts, especially as the basis of a petition

Memorialnoun

a record or memoir

Memorial

A memorial is an object which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of art such as sculptures, statues or fountains and parks.