topicalize vs accentuate

topicalize and accentuate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
topicalize	No	No	Yes	No
accentuate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, accentuate is a hypernym of topicalize; that is, accentuate is a word with a broader meaning than topicalize:

topicalize: emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence
accentuate: to stress, single out as important

Other hypernyms of topicalize include accent, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress.

topicalize (verb)	accentuate (verb)
emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence	to stress, single out as important
	put stress on; utter with an accent