commemorate vs memorialize

commemorate and memorialize both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
commemorate	No	No	Yes	No
memorialize	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, commemorate and memorialize are synonyms defined as:

commemorate and memorialize: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event

Other synonyms of commemorate include immortalise, immortalize, memorialise.

commemorate (verb)	memorialize (verb)
call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony	be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
be or provide a memorial to a person or an event	address in a memorial
celebrate by some ceremony or observation