immortalize vs commemorate

immortalize and commemorate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, immortalize and commemorate are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of immortalize include immortalise, memorialise, memorialize.

immortalize (verb)	commemorate (verb)
make famous forever	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
	celebrate by some ceremony or observation