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Avow vs Emphasise - What's the difference?

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Avow is a related term of emphasise.


As verbs the difference between avow and emphasise

is that avow is to declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly while emphasise is (british).

As a noun avow

is (obsolete) avowal.

avow

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
  • * 1858 , Henry Stephens Randall, The Life of Thomas Jefferson (volume 1, page 461)
    • in 1786, and for some period later, there were few, if any, prominent Americans, who avowed themselves in favor of broadly democratic systems.
  • To bind or devote by a vow.
    • (Wyclif)
  • (legal) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
    • (Blackstone)

    Antonyms

    * disavow

    Related terms

    * advocate * avowable * avowably * avowal * avowance * avowed * avowedly * avower

    Noun

  • (obsolete) avowal
    • (Dryden)

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    emphasise

    English

    Verb

    (emphasis)
  • (British)

    • Usage notes

    The "s" spelling has co-existed with the "z" spelling for at least 150 years (Thackeray wrote emphasised ), and is becoming more common in the UK, with the "z" spelling gradually falling out of usage. British English forms