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diacritic vs accent mark

accent mark vs diacritic

diacritic and accent mark both are nouns.

diacritic is an adjective but accent mark is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
diacritic Yes Yes No No
accent mark Yes No No No
As nouns, accent mark is a hyponym of diacritic; that is, accent mark is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than diacritic:
  • diacritic: a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
  • accent mark: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Other hyponyms of diacritic include accent, breve, cedilla, circumflex, hacek, wedge, macron, tilde, umlaut, diaeresis, dieresis.
diacritic (noun) accent mark (noun)
a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
diacritic (adjective) accent mark (adjective)
capable of distinguishing
Difference between diacritic and accent mark

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