Accentuate vs Embellish - What's the difference?
accentuate | embellish |
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.
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
* {{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
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort.
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)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.}}
Synonyms
*embellish
English
Verb
(es)- The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
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- to embellish a story, the truth