remind vs commemorate

remind and commemorate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, commemorate is a hyponym of remind; that is, commemorate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than remind:

Other hyponyms of remind include take back, nag, immortalise, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize.

remind (verb)	commemorate (verb)
put in the mind of someone	call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned	be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
	celebrate by some ceremony or observation