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word accent vs initial stress

initial stress vs word accent

word accent and initial stress both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
word accent Yes No No No
initial stress Yes No No No
As nouns, initial stress is a hyponym of word accent; that is, initial stress is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than word accent:
  • word accent: the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
  • initial stress: An accent on the first syllable of a word.
Other hyponyms of word accent include rhetorical accent.
word accent (noun) initial stress (noun)
the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word An accent on the first syllable of a word.
Difference between word accent and initial stress

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