Is the word "report" stressed differently when it's a noun or verb?

Is the word "report" stressed differently when it's a noun or verb?

I've heard that the noun is stressed REport and the verb rePORT. But every online dictionary I looked it up in only shows the second pronunciation.

Short answer: No; There is no difference in stress or pronunciation between 'report' as a noun and a verb.

Some English words with re- as a prefix do see that stressed differently - for example, "reform" is likely to be "re-form", with equal stress, when it means 'to form again', but "reFORM" when it means improve, or as a noun for said improvement. However, that doesn't happen with the word "report", probably because it entered English as a complete word from French ("porter" means to carry in French, so "reporter" means 'to carry back'). We don't have the word without the prefix so we don't treat it as one.

That said, it just struck me that the similar-sounding "deport" is stressed as "dePORT", yet we say "de-portation" with equal stress on all syllables. Remember that good dictionaries have pronunciation guides and their online versions often let you hear them spoken.