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drive home vs emphasize

emphasize vs drive home

drive home and emphasize both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
drive home No No Yes No
emphasize No No Yes No
As verbs, emphasize is a hypernym of drive home; that is, emphasize is a word with a broader meaning than drive home:
  • drive home: make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
  • emphasize: to stress, single out as important
Other hypernyms of drive home include accent, accentuate, emphasise, punctuate, stress.
drive home (verb) emphasize (verb)
make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something to stress, single out as important
carry out or perform give extra weight to (a communication)
Difference between drive home and emphasize

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