Accentuate vs Foreground - What's the difference?
accentuate | foreground |
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.
The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
(computing) the application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.
As verbs the difference between accentuate and foreground
is that accentuate is to pronounce with an accent or vocal stress while foreground is to place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).As a noun foreground is
the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.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.}}