What's the difference between oxytone and paroxytone?

Oxytone


Definition:

  • (a.) Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable.
  • (n.) An acute sound.
  • (n.) A word having the acute accent on the last syllable.

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Paroxytone


Definition:

  • (a.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

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