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Elegy vs Elogy - What's the difference?

elegy | elogy |

As nouns the difference between elegy and elogy

is that elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation while elogy is praise; eulogy.

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

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    References

    elogy

    English

    Noun

    (elogies)
  • praise; eulogy
  • (Webster 1913)