Emphasis vs Overemphasize - What's the difference?
emphasis | overemphasize |
Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
Special attention or prominence given to something.
Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
(typography) Related to bold.
To place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of.
As a noun emphasis
is special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.As a verb overemphasize is
to place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of.emphasis
English
(wikipedia emphasis)Noun
(emphases)- He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
- Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.
- He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.