Emphasize vs Amplify - What's the difference?
emphasize | amplify |
To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
(rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
* Dryden
To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
In lang=en terms the difference between emphasize and amplify
is that emphasize is to stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something) while amplify is to increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.As verbs the difference between emphasize and amplify
is that emphasize is to stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something) while amplify is to render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.emphasize
English
Alternative forms
* emphasiseVerb
(emphasiz)- His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.
Synonyms
* betone * stress * underscoreAntonyms
* de-emphasize * downplayDerived terms
* reemphasize * overemphasize * underemphasizeamplify
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator.
