affricative vs affricate

affricative and affricate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
affricative	Yes	No	No	No
affricate	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, affricative and affricate are synonyms defined as:

affricative and affricate: a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')

Other synonyms of affricative include affricate consonant.

affricative (noun)	affricate (noun)
a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')	a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')