a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)

capable of distinguishing

capable of distinguishing

a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound

a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s

a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality

a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation