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Obituary vs Elegy - What's the difference?

obituary | elegy |

As nouns the difference between obituary and elegy

is that obituary is a brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper while elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

obituary

English

(wikipedia obituary)

Noun

(obituaries)
  • A brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper.
  • A biography of a recently deceased person, written by a journalist and published in a newspaper.

    • Related terms

    * obit * obitual * obituarist

    See also

    * necrology (listing of people who have died during a specific period of time)

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    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

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