Accent vs. Articulation — What's the Difference?

The relative prominence of a particular syllable of a word by greater intensity or by variation or modulation of pitch or tone.

The act of vocal expression; utterance or enunciation

Vocal prominence or emphasis given to a particular syllable, word, or phrase.

The act or manner of producing a speech sound.

One determined by the regional or social background of the speaker.

A speech sound, especially a consonant.

One determined by the phonetic characteristics of the speaker's native language carried over to that speaker's use of another language.

A jointing together or being jointed together.

A mark or symbol used in the printing and writing of certain languages to indicate the vocal quality to be given to a particular letter

The method or manner of jointing.

A mark or symbol used in printing and writing to indicate the stressed syllables of a spoken word.

A fixed or movable joint between bones.

Rhythmically significant stress in a line of verse.

A movable joint between inflexible parts of the body of an animal, as the divisions of an appendage in arthropods.

Emphasis or prominence given to a note or chord, as by an increase in volume or extended duration.

A joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem.

A mark representing this.

A node or a space on a stem between two nodes.

A mark used as a superscript to distinguish among variables represented by the same symbol.

The conversion of a student's credits at one school to credits at another school by comparing the curricula.

A mark used as a superscript to indicate the first derivative of a variable.

A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.

A mark or one of several marks used as a superscript to indicate a unit, such as feet (′) and inches (") in linear measurement.

(countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.

A distinctive feature or quality, such as a feature that accentuates, contrasts with, or complements a decorative style.

(uncountable) The quality, clarity or sharpness of speech.

Something that accentuates or contrasts something else, as a touch of color that makes the features of an image stand out.

(linguistics) The manner in which a phoneme is pronounced.

Particular importance or interest; emphasis

The manner in which something is articulated (tongued, slurred or bowed).

To stress or emphasize the pronunciation of

(accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.

To mark with a printed accent.

(education) The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.

To focus attention on; accentuate

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

(linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.

The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.

(figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.

The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.

(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.

The state of being jointed; connection of parts.

Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.

The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.

The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.

A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.

A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.

The aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

(sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.

The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

A word; a significant tone or sound.

Expressing in coherent verbal form;

Expressions in general; speech.

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if the articulation allows motion)

Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

The act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible

(music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.

(music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.

(music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.The third and fourth symbols are accents (marks used to represent special emphasis in music).

(music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.

(mathematics) A prime symbol.

Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.

A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.

(archaic) Utterance.

(transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.

(transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.

(transitive) To mark with written accents.

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.

A word; a significant tone

Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.

A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y´, y.

To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.

To mark emphatically; to emphasize.

Distinctive manner of oral expression;

Special importance or significance;

The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;

The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);

A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

To stress, single out as important;

Put stress on; utter with an accent;