aspirate vs phone

phone vs aspirate

aspirate and phone both are nouns.

aspirate and phone both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aspirate	Yes	No	Yes	No
phone	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, phone is a hypernym of aspirate; that is, phone is a word with a broader meaning than aspirate:

aspirate: a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
phone: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

Other hypernyms of aspirate include sound, speech sound.

aspirate (noun)	phone (noun)
a consonant pronounced with aspiration	electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.	electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
	(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

aspirate (verb)	phone (verb)
inhale (air, water, etc.)	get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
remove by suction

Difference between aspirate and phone

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