accent vs headline

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. 

headline

noun
  • The top-billed attraction. 

  • The heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article. 

  • A headrope. 

verb
  • To present as the main attraction; to have top billing, to be the main attraction. 

  • To give a headline to a page or section of a text. 

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