different between emphasis vs accentuate

English

Etymology

From Latin emphasis, from Ancient Greek ??????? (émphasis, “significance”), from ??????? (emphaín?, “I present, I indicate”), from ??- (en-, “in”) + ????? (phaín?, “I show”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mf?s?s/
• IPA^(key): [???f?s?s], [?e?f?s?s], [???f?s?s], [?e?f?s?s]

Noun

emphasis (countable and uncountable, plural emphases)

1. Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.

   He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.

2. Special attention or prominence given to something.

   Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.

3. Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.

   He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.

4. (phonology) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
5. (typography) The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Related terms

• emphasise, emphasize
• emphatic

Translations

Anagrams

• misshape

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (émphasis, “significance”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?em.p?a.sis/, [??mp?äs??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?em.fa.sis/, [??mf?s?is]

Noun

emphasis f (genitive emphasis); third declension

1. emphasis

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

References

• emphasis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• emphasis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1731.
• (emphasize): First attested in 1865.
• From Medieval Latin accentu?tus, past participle of accentu?re, from Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?k?sen.t?u.e?t/, /æk?sen.t?u?e?t/

Verb

accentuate (third-person singular simple present accentuates, present participle accentuating, simple past and past participle accentuated)

1. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
2. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
   • 1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds/Book 2/Chapter 3

     our danger and insolation only accentuated the incompatibility
3. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.

Synonyms

• accent, betone

Related terms

• accentual
• accentuation

Translations

Italian

Adjective

accentuate f pl

1. feminine plural of accentuato

Verb

accentuate

1. second-person plural present indicative of accentuare
2. second-person plural imperative of accentuare