stress vs prosody

prosody vs stress

stress and prosody both are nouns.

stress is a verb but prosody is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stress	Yes	No	Yes	No
prosody	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, prosody is a hypernym of stress; that is, prosody is a word with a broader meaning than stress:

stress: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
prosody: the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

Other hypernyms of stress include inflection.

stress (noun)	prosody (noun)
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)	the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body	the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense	(prosody) a system of versification
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
special emphasis attached to something

stress (verb)	prosody (verb)
to suffer from stress
to stress, single out as important
put stress on; utter with an accent
test the limits of

Difference between stress and prosody

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