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acute accent vs accent mark

accent mark vs acute accent

acute accent and accent mark both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
acute accent Yes No No No
accent mark Yes No No No
As nouns, accent mark is a hypernym of acute accent; that is, accent mark is a word with a broader meaning than acute accent:
  • acute accent: a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
  • accent mark: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Other hypernyms of acute accent include accent.
acute accent (noun) accent mark (noun)
a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Difference between acute accent and accent mark

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