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Elegy vs Coronach - What's the difference?

elegy | coronach |

As nouns the difference between elegy and coronach

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

As an adjective coronach is

coronary.

elegy

English

(wikipedia elegy)

Noun

(elegies)
  • A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

    • Synonyms

    * dirge, threnody

    Coordinate terms

    * requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the dead

    Derived terms

    * elegiac

    See also

    * eulogy – similar sounding funeral word

    Anagrams

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    References

    coronach

    English

    Alternative forms

    * coranach * coranich * corrinoch * corronach * cronach

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical, Scotland, Ireland) dirge, lamentation

    • Usage notes

    * Used for funeral songs in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland.