Yes, but I think the difference is in the "intention" perhaps rather than in the fact that Sauron was a Maia and Galadriel an elf ... although there is a spectrum within each category, i would think it is fair to say that most Maiar are more powerful than most elves..
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace
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