memorialize vs commemorate

memorialize and commemorate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, memorialize and commemorate are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of memorialize include immortalise, immortalize, memorialise.

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