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Accentuate vs Embellish - What's the difference?

accentuate | embellish |

As verbs the difference between accentuate and embellish

is that accentuate is to pronounce with an accent or vocal stress while embellish is to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

accentuate

English

Verb

(accentuat)
  • 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 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.}}
  • To mark with a written accent.
  • Synonyms

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    embellish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
  • The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker.}}
  • To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort.
  • to embellish a story, the truth

    Synonyms

    * adorn * beautify * decorate * deck * grace * ornament * prettify * See also