Accentuate vs Circumflect - What's the difference?
accentuate | circumflect |
To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
* In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated . - London Times
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=5 To mark with a written accent.
As verbs the difference between accentuate and circumflect
is that accentuate is to pronounce with an accent or vocal stress while circumflect is to mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize.accentuate
English
Verb
(accentuat)citation, passage=These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.}}