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Accentuate vs Reaccentuate - What's the difference?

accentuate | reaccentuate |

As verbs the difference between accentuate and reaccentuate

is that accentuate is to pronounce with an accent or vocal stress while reaccentuate is to accentuate again; to place renewed emphasis on.

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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    reaccentuate

    English

    Verb

    (reaccentuat)
  • To accentuate again; to place renewed emphasis on
  • *{{quote-book, 2002, Nancy F. Kott, Public Vows citation
  • , passage=This contractual approach reaccentuated the element of consent in monogamy, which had always been central to its prominence as a public institution.}}

    Derived terms

    *reaccentuation