accent vs stress

accent

verb
  • To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent. 

  • To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent. 

  • To mark with written accents. 

noun
  • A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure. 

  • The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period. 

  • A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery. 

  • Emphasis or importance in general. 

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

  • 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 word; a significant tone or sound. 

  • A mark used to represent this special emphasis. 

  • 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. 

  • Expressions in general; speech. 

  • 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. 

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

  • A prime symbol. 

  • 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. 

  • 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 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. 

stress

verb
  • To emphasise (a syllable of a word). 

  • To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain. 

  • To emphasise (words in speaking). 

  • To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion. 

  • To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal). 

  • To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated. 

noun
  • Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written). 

  • A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence. 

  • distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained. 

  • Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions. 

  • Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal. 

  • A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism. 

  • The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ. 

  • Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body. 

  • The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch. 

How often have the words accent and stress occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )