encomium vs paean

encomium

noun
  • Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute. 

  • The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series. 

  • A method within rhetorical pedagogy. 

  • A general category of oratory. 

  • A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue. 

paean

noun
  • An enthusiastic expression of praise. 

  • Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. 

  • A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle. 

verb
  • To sing a paean; to praise. 

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