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Elegy vs Lyrics - What's the difference?

elegy | lyrics |

As nouns the difference between elegy and lyrics

is that elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation while lyrics is the words to a song (or other vocal music).

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

    lyrics

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • The words to a song (or other vocal music).

    • Related terms

    * lyricist

    See also

    * libretto English nouns