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What is the difference between epigraph and epitaph?

epigraph | epitaph |

Epigraph is a see also of epitaph.


As nouns the difference between epigraph and epitaph

is that epigraph is an inscription, especially one on a building etc while epitaph is an inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.

As a verb epitaph is

to write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.

epigraph

English

(wikipedia epigraph)

Noun

(en noun)
  • an inscription, especially one on a building.
  • a literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
  • (mathematics, of a function) the set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.

    • Related terms

    * epigraphy * epigrapher or epigraphist

    Antonyms

    * (mathematics) hypograph

    epitaph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
  • A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
  • * Bishop Hall
    • The common in their speeches epitaph upon him "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog."
  • To commemorate by an epitaph.
  • * G. Harvey
    • Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.

    See also

    * eulogy – oration about the dead, often at funeral * obituary – published writing on the dead * epigraph – quote on a tombstone