Notes on usage: Stress

Emphasize

 

These words both mean to give extra force to a syllable, word or phrase when you are saying it.

 

Stress to give extra force to a word or syllable when saying it: You stress the first syllable in ‘happiness’.
Emphasize to give extra force to a word or phrase when saying it, especially to show that it is important: ‘Let nothing... nothing,’ he emphasized the word, 'tempt you.’

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs	Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors	Frequently confused words
Common Clichés	Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings	Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition	Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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