Stress Management (accented syllables)

Yesterday I heard a news announcer say that the station SURveyed people about something. I didn't hear any more because my ears quit after "surveyed." Once more a person whose profession is public speaking provided a topic for my blog.

There are some two-syllable words that can be nouns or verbs, depending on which syllable is accented: as nouns, the first is stressed, and as verbs the second. Here are some of those words:

                        Nouns                                                           Verbs

                      SURvey                                                         surVEY

                      PERmit                                                          perMIT

                      INsult                                                             inSULT

                     TORment                                                       torMENT

                     EScort                                                           esCORT

                     CONtract                                                       conTRACT

                     DIScharge                                                     disCHARGE

                    FRAGment                                                     fragMENT

                    PRESent                                                        preSENT

                    PERfume                                                       perFUME

                    REFuse                                                         reFUSE
                    
                    AFfix                                                              afFIX
        
                   SUBject                                                          subJECT

                   REcall                                                             reCALL