Difference between Elegy and Lament

What is the difference between Elegy and Lament?

Elegy as a noun is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. while Lament as a noun is an expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.

Elegy

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

Lament

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.A song expressing grief.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To express grief.To bewail.

Example sentence: I have found life an enjoyable, enchanting, active, and sometime terrifying experience, and I've enjoyed it completely. A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other.

We hope you now know whether to use Elegy or Lament in your sentence.

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