accentuation
Highlighting through stress
Accentuation is the act of emphasizing or making something more prominent.
In speech, it refers to stress patterns—which syllables receive emphasis.
More broadly, accentuation means highlighting or intensifying: The lighting provided accentuation of the building's architectural details.
Something that receives accentuation stands out more clearly against its background.
Pressure, mental or vocal
- syllableUnit of pronunciation
- pitchFrequency of sound
- toneQuality of sound
- inflectionWord form alteration
intonation · cadence · rhythm · emphasis · contour · prominence · utterance · speech
Pressure, mental or vocal
- highlightMost notable part
- underscoreLow horizontal text mark
- intensifyIncrease in degree
- amplifyIncrease in strength
heighten · magnify · reinforce · spotlight · foreground · punctuate · enhance · bolster
Notable difference or honor
- differentiationRecognizing meaningful differences
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- highlightMost notable part
- sharpeningMaking more cutting
definition · relief · separation · divergence · disparity · discrepancy · juxtaposition · polarization
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
inflection · intonation · cadence · rhythm · emphasis · contour · prominence · utterance · speech · elocution
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
- highlightMost notable part
- underscoreLow horizontal text mark
- intensifyIncrease in degree
amplify · heighten · magnify · reinforce · spotlight · foreground · punctuate · enhance · bolster · elevate
distinction
Notable difference or honor
- differentiationRecognizing meaningful differences
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- highlightMost notable part
sharpening · definition · relief · separation · divergence · disparity · discrepancy · juxtaposition · polarization · clarity
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- pulseArterial blood throb
- downbeatNegatively toned or dispirited
upbeat · meter · tempo · groove · timing · phrasing · attack · dynamics · cadence · swing
diacritic
Symbol modifying letter pronunciation
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- graveSerious and worrying
- circumflexPeaked accent mark
umlaut · tilde · cedilla · breve · marking · notation · script · spelling · grapheme · typography
- emphasisstress, stressing, highlighting, underscoring, prominence
- Ancient GreekGreek alphabet, Greek vocabulary, ancient Greek, Homer, Plato
- Hebrewaleph, bet, Modern Hebrew, ancient Hebrew, Hebrew alphabet
- music notationtreble clef, bass clef, clef, clefs, staff
- Russian languageRussian, Cyrillic, Cyrillic alphabet, cases, declensions
- rhythm termsrhythm, beat, tempo, meter, cadence
accentuationde-emphasis
Reduction in importance
underemphasis · minimization · downplaying · suppression · understatement
accentuationmonotone
Single unvarying pitch
flatness · monotony · uniformity · evenness · expressionlessness