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back vowel vs vowel

vowel vs back vowel

back vowel and vowel both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
back vowel Yes No No No
vowel Yes No No No
As nouns, vowel is a hypernym of back vowel; that is, vowel is a word with a broader meaning than back vowel:
  • back vowel: (phonetics) Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth.
  • vowel: a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
Other hypernyms of back vowel include vowel sound.
back vowel (noun) vowel (noun)
(phonetics) Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth. a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
Difference between back vowel and vowel

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