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point up vs accentuate

accentuate vs point up

point up and accentuate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
point up No No Yes No
accentuate No No Yes No
As verbs, accentuate is a hypernym of point up; that is, accentuate is a word with a broader meaning than point up:
  • point up: emphasize, especially by identification
  • accentuate: to stress, single out as important
Other hypernyms of point up include accent, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress.
point up (verb) accentuate (verb)
emphasize, especially by identification to stress, single out as important
put stress on; utter with an accent
Difference between point up and accentuate

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