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Preciousbunny Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Monument and statue

I guess there are no differences between monument and statue.Am I right?
  

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Statues are images, usually human. Monuments are memorials to someone, some event, etc. Therefore, some monuments are statues while others are not, and some statues are monuments while others are not.

— Mister Micawber

  • Statues are images, usually human.
  • Monuments are memorials to someone, some event, etc.
  • Therefore, some monuments are statues while others are not, and some statues are monuments while others are not.
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Statues are images, usually human. Monuments are memorials to someone, some event, etc. Therefore, some monuments are statues while others are not, and some statues are monuments while others are not.
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preciousbunnyI guess there are no differences between monument and statue.Am I right?
No. There are differences. For example, many national monuments in the U.S. are geographical locations, and a monument can be just a stone.

monument

obsolete : a burial vault : sepulchre
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: a written legal document or record : treatise
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Thank you very much , you corrected me ;-) Although some words in your explanations I don't know helped me a lot .Emotion: embarrassed
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Which words are those, preciousbunny?
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