non-standard speech vs accent

accent vs non-standard speech

non-standard speech and accent both are nouns.

non-standard speech is not a verb while accent is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
non-standard speech	Yes	No	No	No
accent	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, accent is a hyponym of non-standard speech; that is, accent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than non-standard speech:

non-standard speech: speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
accent: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

Other hyponyms of non-standard speech include baby talk, babytalk, baby talk, babytalk, motherese, dialect, idiom, localism, regionalism, telegraphese, vernacular, argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular, slang, slang expression, slang term.

non-standard speech (noun)	accent (noun)
speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community	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

non-standard speech (verb)	accent (verb)
	put stress on; utter with an accent
	to stress, single out as important

Difference between non-standard speech and accent

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