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Panegyric vs Ode - What's the difference?

panegyric | ode |

As nouns the difference between panegyric and ode

is that panegyric is a formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something while ode is a short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.

panegyric

English

Alternative forms

* panegyrick (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "panegyric")

    Synonyms

    * eulogy

    Derived terms

    * panegyrical * panegyrically

    ode

    English

    (wikipedia ode)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
    • Ode on a Grecian Urn —Keats

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