accent vs background

background vs accent

accent and background both are nouns.

accent and background both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accent	Yes	No	Yes	No
background	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, background is a hyponym of accent; that is, background is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than accent:

accent: to stress, single out as important
background: understate the importance or quality of

Other hyponyms of accent include downplay, play down, bring out, set off, re-emphasise, re-emphasize, bear down, topicalize, point up, drive home, press home, ram home, emphasise, emphasize, underline, underscore.

accent (noun)	background (noun)
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)	scenery hung at back of stage
distinctive manner of oral expression	(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation	a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people	the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
special importance or significance	information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
	extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
	relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
	the state of the environment in which a situation exists

accent (verb)	background (verb)
put stress on; utter with an accent	understate the importance or quality of
to stress, single out as important

Difference between accent and background

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