The difference between Accent and Stress
When used as nouns, accent means 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, whereas stress means a physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
When used as verbs, accent means to express the accent of vocally, whereas stress means to apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
check bellow for the other definitions of Accent and Stress
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Accent as a noun (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.
Examples:
"In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable."
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Accent as a noun (figuratively):
Emphasis or importance in general.
Examples:
"At this hotel, the accent is on luxury."
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Accent as a noun (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.
Examples:
"The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent."
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Accent as a noun:
Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
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Accent as a noun (linguistics, sociolinguistics):
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.
Examples:
"a foreign accent'' ''an American, British or Australian accent"
"a broad Irish accent"
"a hint of a German accent"
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Accent as a noun (linguistics, sign languages):
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.
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Accent as a noun:
A word; a significant tone or sound.
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Accent as a noun (usually, plural only):
Expressions in general; speech.
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Accent as a noun (prosody, poetry):
Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
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Accent as a noun (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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Accent as a noun (music):
A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
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Accent as a noun (music):
The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
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Accent as a noun (music):
The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
Examples:
"rfquotek J. S. Dwight"
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Accent as a noun (music):
A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.
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Accent as a noun (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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Accent as a noun (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.
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Accent as a noun (engineering):
A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10, meaning six feet ten inches.
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Accent as a noun:
Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
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Accent as a noun:
A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
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Accent as a noun:
A distinctive feature or quality.
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Accent as a noun (archaic):
Utterance.
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Accent as a verb (transitive):
To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
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Accent as a verb (transitive):
To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
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Accent as a verb (transitive):
To mark with written accents.
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Stress as a noun (biology):
A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
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Stress as a noun (biology):
Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
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Stress as a noun (countable, physics):
The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
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Stress as a noun (countable, physics):
Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
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Stress as a noun (uncountable):
Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
Examples:
"Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately."
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Stress as a noun (uncountable, phonetics):
The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
Examples:
"Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second."
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Stress as a noun (uncountable):
Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
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Stress as a noun (uncountable):
Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
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Stress as a noun:
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Stress as a noun (Scotland, legal):
distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
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Stress as a verb:
To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
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Stress as a verb:
To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
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Stress as a verb (informal):
To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
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Stress as a verb:
To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
Examples:
"“Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second."
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Stress as a verb:
To emphasise (words in speaking).
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Stress as a verb:
To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
Examples:
"I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence."