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Emphasis vs Pinpoint - What's the difference?

emphasis | pinpoint |

As nouns the difference between emphasis and pinpoint

is that emphasis is special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important while pinpoint is the point of a pin.

As an adjective pinpoint is

extremely precise or specific, especially regarding location.

As a verb pinpoint is

to identify or locate precisely or with great accuracy.

emphasis

English

(wikipedia emphasis)

Noun

(emphases)
  • Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
    • He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
  • Special attention or prominence given to something.
    • Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.
  • Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
    • He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.
  • (typography) Related to bold.

    • Related terms

    * emphasise, emphasize * emphatic

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    pinpoint

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pin-point

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The point of a pin.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely precise or specific, especially regarding location.
    • The machine assembles parts at high speed and with pinpoint accuracy.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 5 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Newcastle 0 - 0 West Ham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The 28-year-old not only hassled the visitors' midfield but also delivered pinpoint balls with alarming accuracy as far as the east Londoners were concerned. }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To identify or locate precisely or with great accuracy.
    • They investigators tried to pinpoint the source of the flames.

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