Lament vs. Mourn

Lamentnoun

An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.

Lamentnoun

A song expressing grief.

Lamentverb

(intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.

Lamentverb

(transitive) To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.

Lamentverb

To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

Lamentverb

To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

Lamentnoun

Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.

Lamentnoun

An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.

Lamentnoun

a cry of sorrow and grief;

Lamentnoun

a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

Lamentnoun

a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

Lamentverb

express grief verbally;

Lamentverb

regret strongly;

Lament

A lament or lamentation is a passionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form. The grief is most often born of regret, or mourning.

Mournverb

(ambitransitive) To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

Mournverb

(transitive) To utter in a sorrowful manner.

Mournverb

(intransitive) To wear mourning.

Mournnoun

Sorrow, grief.

Mournnoun

A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

Mournverb

To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.

Mournverb

To wear the customary garb of a mourner.

Mournverb

To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail.

Mournverb

To utter in a mournful manner or voice.

Mournverb

feel sadness;

Mournverb

observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one