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Souvenir vs Monument - What's the difference?

souvenir | monument |

As nouns the difference between souvenir and monument

is that souvenir is while monument is monument.

souvenir

English

Alternative forms

* souvenier

Noun

(en noun)
  • An item of sentimental value, to remember an event or location.
  • See also

    * memento * keepsake * memorabilia ----

    monument

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
  • There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
  • An important site owned by the community as a whole.
  • An exceptional or proud achievement.
  • An important burial vault or tomb.
  • A legal document.
  • A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
  • Hyponyms

    * cenotaph