different between eulogy vs autobiography

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ??????? (eulogía, “praise”).

eu- +? logia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ju?l?d?i/
• (US) enPR: yo?o?l?-j?, IPA^(key): /?jul?d?i/

Noun

eulogy (plural eulogies)

1. An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
2. Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.
   • 1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White:

     It was the prettiest and most luxurious little sitting-room I had ever seen; and I admired it with the warmest enthusiasm. The solemn servant was far too highly trained to betray the slightest satisfaction. He bowed with icy deference when my terms of eulogy were all exhausted, and silently opened the door for me to go out into the passage again.

   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]

     The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.

Synonyms

• panegyric
• elogy

Antonyms

• criticism
• dyslogy

Coordinate terms

• dirge, elegy, threnody – funeral song
• homily – funeral oration by clergy
• requiem – music played at a mass to honor a deceased person

Derived terms

• eulogise, eulogize
• eulogist
• eulogistic

Translations

See also

• elegy – similar-sounding funeral word

English

Etymology

auto- +? biography

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.t?.ba????.??.fi/
• Rhymes: -????fi

Noun

autobiography (countable and uncountable, plural autobiographies)

1. (countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
2. (uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.

Synonyms

• memoir
• life story

Antonyms

• heterobiography

Hypernyms

• biography

Derived terms

• autobiographical, autobiographically

Related terms

• biography

Translations

Anagrams

• bioautography