memorial vs recognition

recognition vs memorial

memorial and recognition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
memorial	Yes	No	No	No
recognition	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, recognition is a hypernym of memorial; that is, recognition is a word with a broader meaning than memorial:

memorial: a recognition of meritorious service
recognition: approval

Other hypernyms of memorial include credit.

memorial (noun)	recognition (noun)
a structure erected to commemorate persons or events	designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
a recognition of meritorious service	the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority	an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
	coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
	approval
	the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
	(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
	the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

Difference between memorial and recognition

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