different between epilogue vs postlude

English

Alternative forms

• epilog

Etymology

From French épilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ????????? (epilégein, “say in addition”), from ??? (epí, “in addition”) + ?????? (légein, “to say”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p.?.l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??p?l??/
• (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /??p?l??/

Noun

epilogue (plural epilogues)

1. A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
2. The performer who gives this speech
3. A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
4. (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.

Synonyms

• (short speech at the end of a play): endspeech
• (brief script at the end of a literary piece): afterword, endspeech; see also Thesaurus:afterword

Antonyms

• (short speech at the end of a play): prologue
• (brief script at the end of a literary piece): prologue; see also Thesaurus:foreword

Translations

Verb

epilogue (third-person singular simple present epilogues, present participle epiloguing, simple past and past participle epilogued)

1. (transitive) To conclude with an epilogue.

References

• epilogue in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• epilogue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• epilogue at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From post- +? Latin ludus (“play”) (modelled on prelude).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??stlu?d/

Noun

postlude (plural postludes)

1. (music) The final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.
2. A concluding passage of text or speech; an epilogue or afterword.

Translations

Verb

postlude (third-person singular simple present postludes, present participle postluding, simple past and past participle postluded)

1. (rare) To form a postlude (to); to end with a postlude.
   • 2003, Clive James, ‘Larkin Treads the Boards’, The Meaning of Recognition, Picador 2005, p. 95:

     Mercifully never preceded by a drum-roll or postluded by a curtsey for applause, each poem seemed to arise from the surrounding prose, which Courtenay was successfully endeavouring to make sound as if it was being thought up on the spot.

Further reading

• Postlude in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.