Emphasis vs Inflection - What's the difference?
emphasis | inflection |
Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
Special attention or prominence given to something.
Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
(typography) Related to bold.
(grammar) A change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.
A change in pitch or tone of voice.
(mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
A turning away from a straight course.
(optometry) diffraction
As nouns the difference between emphasis and inflection
is that emphasis is special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important while inflection is a change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.emphasis
English
(wikipedia emphasis)Noun
(emphases)- He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
- Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.
- He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.
Anagrams
* ----inflection
English
(wikipedia inflection)Alternative forms
* inflexionNoun
- an inflection for gender, number, or tense