accent vs weight

accent

noun
  • Emphasis or importance in general. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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. 

weight

noun
  • Importance or influence. 

  • viscosity rating. 

  • An object used to make something heavier. 

  • Pressure; burden. 

  • An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training. 

  • The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight. 

  • The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. 

  • One pound of drugs, especially cannabis. 

  • The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by). 

  • The smallest cardinality of a base. 

  • A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation. 

  • Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.). 

  • The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes. 

  • Synonym of mass (in general circumstances) 

  • The thickness and opacity of paint. 

  • Shipments of (often illegal) drugs. 

  • Weight class 

  • Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances) 

  • A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object. 

  • The illusion of mass. 

verb
  • To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc. 

  • To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight. 

  • To load, burden or oppress someone. 

  • To bias something; to slant. 

  • To assign weights to individual statistics. 

  • To handicap a horse with a specified weight. 

  • To add weight to something; to make something heavier. 

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