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Declamation vs Accentuation - What's the difference?

declamation | accentuation |

As nouns the difference between declamation and accentuation

is that declamation is declamation while accentuation is act of accentuating; applications of accent.

declamation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.
  • A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
  • Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.

    • Related terms

    * declaim * declamate * declamatory

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    accentuation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
  • (ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.