English has alternating stress patterns that indicate whether related words are nouns (first syllable stressed) or verbs (second syllable stressed):
Noun: récord
Verb: recórd(x)
My fucking god!! This is why English does the thing!!!!
contract
contract
FINALLY IT MAKES SENSE
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