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commemorate vs monumentalize

monumentalize vs commemorate

commemorate and monumentalize both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
commemorate No No Yes No
monumentalize No No Yes No
As verbs, monumentalize is a hyponym of commemorate; that is, monumentalize is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than commemorate:
  • commemorate: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
  • monumentalize: record or memorialize lastingly with a monument
Other hyponyms of commemorate include monumentalise.
commemorate (verb) monumentalize (verb)
call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony record or memorialize lastingly with a monument
be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
celebrate by some ceremony or observation
Difference between commemorate and monumentalize

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