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Sermon vs Panegyric - What's the difference?

sermon | panegyric |

As nouns the difference between sermon and panegyric

is that sermon is sermon while panegyric is a formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something.

sermon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
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  • A lengthy speech of reproval.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (poetic, obsolete) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
  • (Spenser)
  • (poetic, obsolete) To tutor; to lecture.
  • * 1607 , , II. ii. 177:
  • Come, sermon me no further.
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    panegyric

    English

    Alternative forms

    * panegyrick (obsolete)

    Noun

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

    * eulogy

    Derived terms

    * panegyrical * panegyrically