Accent vs. Twang
Accentnoun
(linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
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(figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.
Accentnoun
(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.
Accentnoun
Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
Accentnoun
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.
Accentnoun
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.
Accentnoun
A word; a significant tone or sound.
Accentnoun
Expressions in general; speech.
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Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
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(music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
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(music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
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(music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
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(music) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
Accentnoun
(music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.
Accentnoun
(mathematics) 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.
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(geometry) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in 12' 27, meaning twelve minutes and twenty-seven seconds.
Accentnoun
(engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10'', meaning six feet ten inches.
Accentnoun
Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
Accentnoun
A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
Accentnoun
A distinctive feature or quality.
Accentnoun
(archaic) Utterance.
Accentverb
(transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
Accentverb
(transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
Accentverb
(transitive) To mark with written accents.
Accentnoun
A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.
Accentnoun
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.
Accentnoun
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.
Accentnoun
A word; a significant tone
Accentnoun
Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
Accentnoun
A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
Accentnoun
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.
Accentverb
To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
Accentverb
To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
Accentnoun
distinctive manner of oral expression;
Accentnoun
special importance or significance;
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the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;
Accentnoun
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);
Accentnoun
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Accentverb
to stress, single out as important;
Accentverb
put stress on; utter with an accent;
Twangnoun
The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
Twangnoun
(music) A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.
Twangnoun
A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
Twangnoun
(phonetics) The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
Twangnoun
A sharp, disagreeable taste or flavor.
Twangnoun
An annoying or stupid person, recalcitrant.
Twangverb
(ambitransitive) To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
Twangverb
(intransitive) To have a nasal sound.
Twangverb
(intransitive) To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent.
Twangverb
(music) To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
Twangnoun
A tang. See Tang a state.
Twangnoun
A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring.
Twangnoun
An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.
Twangverb
To sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound of a tense string pulled and suddenly let go; as, the bowstring twanged.
Twangverb
To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly.
Twangnoun
a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
Twangnoun
exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
Twangverb
cause to sound with a twang;
Twangverb
sound with a twang;
Twangverb
twitch or throb with pain
Twangverb
pluck (strings of an instrument);
Twangverb
pronounce with a nasal twang
Twang
Twang is an onomatopoeia originally used to describe the sound of a vibrating bow string after the arrow is released. By extension it applies to the similar vibration produced when the string of a musical instrument is plucked, and similar sounds.
