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accent mark vs stress mark

stress mark vs accent mark

accent mark and stress mark both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
accent mark Yes No No No
stress mark Yes No No No
As nouns, stress mark is a hyponym of accent mark; that is, stress mark is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than accent mark:
  • accent mark: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
  • stress mark: a mark indicating the stress on a syllable
Other hyponyms of accent mark include acute, acute accent, ague, grave, grave accent, double acute accent, Hungarumlaut.
accent mark (noun) stress mark (noun)
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation a mark indicating the stress on a syllable
Difference between accent mark and stress mark

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