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Elegize vs Eulogize - What's the difference?

elegize | eulogize |

As verbs the difference between elegize and eulogize

is that elegize is to compose an elegy (for someone) while eulogize is to praise, celebrate or pay homage to (someone), especially in an eloquent formal eulogy.

elegize

English

Verb

(elegiz)
  • To compose an elegy (for someone)
  • To praise (someone) as if in an elegy

    • Quotations

    *1821 Lord Byron - Imitation *:Yet none in lofty numbers can surpass / The bard who soars to elegize an ass. *2001 Dennis Kezar - Guilty Creatures: Renaissance poetry and the ethics of authorship *:Searching for an appropriate image with which to elegize Christ, the speaker relies upon his formal poetic instruction to succeed

    eulogize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * eulogise (Commonwealth)

    Verb

    (eulogiz)
  • To praise, celebrate or pay homage to (someone), especially in an eloquent formal eulogy.

    • Related terms

    * eulogist * eulogistic * eulogizer