different between emphasis vs dubstep

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

dub +? 2-step garage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?bst?p/

Noun

dubstep (uncountable)

1. A genre of electronic music descended from 2-step garage, characterised by its dark mood, sparse half-step and two-step rhythms, and emphasis on sub-bass.
   • 2002, Tricia Romano, "Electro Trash," Village Voice, July 16

     "Genres are so boring," said Scotsman Broon, one-half of the tech-house duo, as he scanned the cover of XLR8R magazine hyping "Dubstep" while shopping at Etherea record store.

   • 2006, Mary Gaitskill, Daphne Carr, Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006

     ...of course, a lot of grime producers and dubstep producers freely admit to FL being their primary tool, and the software is increasingly being used...

   • 2008, Matt Mason, The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism

     Acid house, hard-core, drum 'n' bass, UK garage, grime, and dubstep are just a handful of now worldwide underground movements that developed in this way.

Translations

Derived terms

• brostep

Further reading

• dubstep on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English dubstep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dœb.st?p/

Noun

dubstep m (uncountable)

1. dubstep

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dubstep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dap.st?p/

Noun

dubstep m inan

1. dubstep (music genre)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dubstep.

Noun

dubstep m (uncountable)

1. dubstep