crematory vs monument

crematory

noun
  • The establishment or furnace that cremates bodies. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the act of cremating bodies. 

monument

noun
  • An important burial vault or tomb. 

  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

How often have the words crematory and monument occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )