Commemoration vs. Memorial — What's the Difference?

The act of honoring the memory of or serving as a memorial to someone or something.

A memorial is an object which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of art such as sculptures, statues or fountains and parks.

Something that honors or preserves the memory of another.

A statue or structure established to remind people of a person or event

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.

A statement of facts, especially as the basis of a petition

That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.

Something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to celebrate or honor the memory of a person or an event.

(religion) The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead.

A written statement of facts or a petition presented to a legislative body or an executive.

(UK) The great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday.

Serving as a remembrance of a person or an event; commemorative.

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.

Of, relating to, or being in memory.

Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.

(obsolete) Memory; recollection.

A ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something

Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.

A recognition of meritorious service

A chronicle or memoir.

A note or memorandum.

A service of remembrance or commemoration.

(legal) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.

Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.

Contained in the memory.

Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.

Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument.

A memorandum; a record.

A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., - often accompanied with a petition.

Memory; remembrance.

A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.

A recognition of meritorious service

A written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority

A structure erected to commemorate persons or events