What's the difference between laudative and panegyric?

Laudative


Definition:

  • (a.) Laudatory.
  • (n.) A panegyric; a eulogy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This publication contains a short life story and a laudation of the work of Ernst Friedrich Gurlt, which was active at the Veterinary School at Berlin more than a half century, from 1819 to 1870.
  • (2) His oath followed a laudation by the deputy head of the constitutional court, Maher Sami, in which Sami described Sisi as a "rebel soldier", and strived to present him as a revolutionary hero rather than as the mastermind of a controversial coup.

Panegyric


Definition:

  • (a.) An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.
  • (a.) Alt. of Panegyrical

Example Sentences:

  • (1) While the court poets still compose panegyrics beyond the walls of his palace, his power is fading.
  • (2) Campaigner Jessica Panegyres said the 2050 reef plan paid “lip service to reef protection” and did little to deal with the issue of climate change.
  • (3) "The BBC exists above all on trust and the relationship between the wider public and the BBC itself," according to one of Chris Patten's panegyrics last week.
  • (4) So, The Doctor's Dilemma was, in a sense, a launch pad for Danny Boyle's panegyric to the NHS.
  • (5) Catherine Rose Olney, Buckinghamshire • The debate on the Scottish referendum has been littered with the panegyrics to the union from the Westminster-based politicians.

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