eye dialect vs accent

accent vs eye dialect

eye dialect and accent both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, accent is a hypernym of eye dialect; that is, accent is a word with a broader meaning than eye dialect:

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

Other hypernyms of eye dialect include dialect, idiom.

eye dialect (noun)	accent (noun)
the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker	the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
	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

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

Difference between eye dialect and accent

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