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Ok, terminology is getting in the way, perhaps. I'm assuming your word-pairs are supposed to be examples of differences in pronunciation of the 'verb' vs the '

• natch 8y ago
  Yeah, the first. But... you're taking this way too seriously. This isn't even reddit. These are examples that can illuminate for non-Chinese speaking people how tones in words can make a difference to meaning.
  • schoen 8y ago
    But there are technical differences between stress and tone. Stress does distinguish words in English, but tone doesn't.
    • natch 8y ago
      Except when it does. I’ve provided examples.