elegy

As nouns the difference between nostalgy and elegy

is that nostalgy is while elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

As nouns the difference between obituary and elegy

is that obituary is a brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper while elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

As nouns the difference between elegy and paean

is that elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation while paean is any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.

As a verb paean is

to praise.

As nouns the difference between elegy and pean

is that elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation while pean is a heraldic fur of yellow spots on a black field.

As nouns the difference between elegy and scarecrow

is that elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation while scarecrow is an effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there.

As a verb scarecrow is

to splay rigidly outward, like the arms of a scarecrow.

As nouns the difference between elegy and lyric

is that elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation while lyric is a lyric poem.

As an adjective lyric is

of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style.

As a noun elegy

is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

As an adjective belled is

having bells (especially around the neck of an animal.

As a verb belled is

past tense of bell.

As a noun elegy

is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

As a verb balled is

(ball).

As nouns the difference between lullaby and elegy

is that lullaby is a soothing song to lull children to sleep while elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

As a verb lullaby

is to sing a lullaby to.

As nouns the difference between elegy and effigy

is that elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation while effigy is a dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.