First.
Saunter is stressed on the first syllable.
Saunter is accented on the first syllable.
"Saunter" is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, "sawn-ter."
First.
The first.
The accent is on the first syllableVIZ: Saunter \'sȯn-tər, 'sän-\ vi (from copy of Merriam-Webster)
The word balance is a unstressed first syllable.
Second syllable.
second syllable
second
second accented syllable
The first syllable is accented.