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I can't think of the technical name for this (stress shift? stress variation? no) but it's common enough in English and can even be a productive force (i.e. it can cause pronounciations to change to match the pattern).
Possible examples of noun/verb stress difference, depending on your accent: import, export, contact, research, digest, retard, compact.
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