The difference between Accent and Stress

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.

Accent as a noun (figuratively):

Emphasis or importance in general.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Accent as a noun:

A word; a significant tone or sound.

Accent as a noun (usually, plural only):

Expressions in general; speech.

Accent as a noun (prosody, poetry):

Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

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.

Accent as a noun (music):

A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.

Accent as a noun (music):

The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.

Accent as a noun (music):

The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.

Accent as a noun (music):

A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.

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.

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.

Accent as a noun (engineering):

A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10, meaning six feet ten inches.

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.

Accent as a noun:

A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.

Accent as a noun:

A distinctive feature or quality.

Accent as a noun (archaic):

Utterance.

Accent as a verb (transitive):

To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.

Accent as a verb (transitive):

To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.

Accent as a verb (transitive):

To mark with written accents.

Stress as a noun (biology):

A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.

Stress as a noun (biology):

Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.

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.

Stress as a noun (countable, physics):

Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.

Stress as a noun (uncountable):

Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.

Stress as a noun (uncountable, phonetics):

The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.

Stress as a noun (uncountable):

Emphasis placed on words in speaking.

Stress as a noun (uncountable):

Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).

Stress as a noun:

Stress as a noun (Scotland, legal):

distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

Stress as a verb:

To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.

Stress as a verb:

To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).

Stress as a verb (informal):

To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.

Stress as a verb:

To emphasise (a syllable of a word).

Stress as a verb:

To emphasise (words in speaking).

Stress as a verb:

To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.