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Monody vs Epitaph - What's the difference?

monody | epitaph |

As nouns the difference between monody and epitaph

is that monody is an ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge 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.

monody

English

(wikipedia monody)

Noun

(monodies)
  • An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge.
  • Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy.
  • A monotonous or mournful noise.
  • (music) A composition having a single melodic line.

    • Derived terms

    * monodic * monodical * monodist

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    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