Describing the subject asks what an attribute contributes; emphasizing the subject asks what part of its reference or attribution is to be firmly established. A descriptive epithet can itself be emphatic, but not every description is emphasis and not every emphasis is an epithet.
ConstructionQuestion to askExample
Revealing epithetWhich aspect is unfolded?الجسم الطويل العريض
Restricting epithetWhich possible referents are excluded?رجل صالح
Emphatic epithetWhich implied sense is reinforced?أمس الدابر
Subject emphasisWhich identification or attribution is secured?جاءني زيد زيد
The next section treats clarification through ʿaṭf al-bayān, another distinctive form of dependent expression.