artifact vs monument

artifact

noun
  • Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element. 

  • An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation. 

  • Any object in the collection of a museum. May be used sensu stricto only for human-made objects, or may include ones that are not human-made. 

  • A perceptible distortion that appears in an audio or video file or a digital image as a result of applying a lossy compression or other inexact processing algorithm. 

  • An appearance or structure in protoplasm due to death, the method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life. 

  • An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin. 

  • A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error. 

  • An object made or shaped by human hand or labor. 

monument

noun
  • A natural or artificial object used as a reference point. 

  • A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine. 

  • Any grave marker. 

  • A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument). 

  • A surviving record. 

  • An exceptional or proud achievement. 

  • An important burial vault or tomb. 

  • A legal document. 

  • An important site owned by the community as a whole. 

  • A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration. 

verb
  • To mark or memorialize with a monument. 

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