Emphasizes vs Accentuate - What's the difference?
emphasizes | accentuate |
(emphasize)
To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
* In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated . - London Times
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=5 To mark with a written accent.
As verbs the difference between emphasizes and accentuate
is that emphasizes is (emphasize) while accentuate is to pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.emphasizes
English
Verb
(head)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 * underemphasizeaccentuate
English
Verb
(accentuat)citation, passage=These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.}}