I think they were in a way the same, both protecting a Forest-realm with a 'girdle'. But I don't think that Galadriel, even with Nenya, could rival the powers of Melian. Melian is after all the most powerful Maia according to the Silmarillion.
greetings,
lathspell
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'You?' cried Frodo.
'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'
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