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Necrology vs Eulogy - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between necrology and eulogy

is that necrology is a church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died while eulogy is an oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.

necrology

English

Noun

(necrologies)
  • A church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died.
  • A listing of people who have died during a specific period of time.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 366:
  • Voltaire and Rousseau died in 1778, d'Alembert in 1783, and Diderot in 1784, while leading salonnières Mesdames du Deffand and d'Épinay passed away in 1780 and 1783. Beneath this sombre necrology , important shifts were occurring in the workings of the public sphere and in the sites in which opinion was constructed.
  • * 2006 Marc Fisher; We Loved That Airline To Death; Washington Post
  • The fare structure is one reason Independence Air has joined a necrology of low-cost carriers that stretches over four decades.
  • A notice of death; an obituary.
  • The study of death or the dead.
  • Synonyms

    * (notice of death) obituary

    eulogy

    English

    (wikipedia eulogy)

    Noun

    (eulogies)
  • An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
  • Speaking highly of someone; the act of praising or commending someone.
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/14/england-scotland-international-friendly]
  • The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies , it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.

    Synonyms

    * panegyric

    Antonyms

    * criticism

    Coordinate terms

    * dirge, elegy, threnody – funeral song * homily – funeral oration by clergy * requiem – music played at a mass to honor a deceased person

    See also

    * elegy – similar-sounding funeral word