monument vs remembrance

monument

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

  • 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 natural or artificial object used as a reference point. 

  • A legal document. 

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

verb
  • To mark or memorialize with a monument. 

remembrance

noun
  • That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. 

  • The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. 

  • Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. 

  • The power of remembering; the reach of personal knowledge; the period over which one's memory extends. 

  • The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection. 

verb
  • To remember; to recall to mind. 

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