Accent and Dialect

Dialect
Dialect is the certain words that are actually spoke by a person.
Dialect is a specific variety of English that differs depending on where you live and there are three factors that will alter: lexis (vocabulary), grammar (structure) and phonology (pronunciation or accent). There are lots of different English dialects, most are likely to understand each other but some may not even understand what those are saying from a different region. A speaker from Newcastle, for instance, might speak with localised vocabulary, such as gan for “to go” or clarts for “mud”. He may often use regional grammatical constructions, such as the past tense constructions I’ve went and I’ve drank or the reflexive pronouns mysel, yoursel, hissel etc. In addition he probably uses a range of local pronunciations. For all these reasons he could be described as a Geordie dialect speaker.

Accent

Accent is the different sound of a person's speech, that varies depending on where they are from.Accent is based upon the differentiations in the sound patterns of a certain dialect. For example, a speaker from Newcastle who will usually use ordinary vocabulary and grammar, but whose pronunciation would come across very strong to someone from a more southern region, a Geordie accent. Dialect is often related to Accent. ‘True’ dialect speakers are very uncommon and most believe that everyone speaks with an accent.