accent vs eye dialect

eye dialect vs accent

accent and eye dialect both are nouns.

accent is a verb but eye dialect is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accent	Yes	No	Yes	No
eye dialect	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, eye dialect is a hyponym of accent; that is, eye dialect is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than accent:

accent: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
eye dialect: the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker

Other hyponyms of accent include patois.

accent (noun)	eye dialect (noun)
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)	the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker
distinctive manner of oral expression
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
special importance or significance

accent (verb)	eye dialect (verb)
put stress on; utter with an accent
to stress, single out as important

Difference between accent and eye dialect

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