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Elegy vs Paean - What's the difference?

elegy | paean |

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.

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

    *

    References

    paean

    English

    Alternative forms

    * , pean

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.
  • An enthusiastic expression of praise.

    • Synonyms

    * (praise) (l)

    See also

    * hagiography

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To praise.

    • Anagrams

    *