consonant vs coronal consonant

coronal consonant vs consonant

consonant and coronal consonant both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but coronal consonant is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
consonant	Yes	Yes	No	No
coronal consonant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, coronal consonant is a hyponym of consonant; that is, coronal consonant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than consonant:

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
coronal consonant: (phonetics) articulated with the flexible front part of the tongue.

Other hyponyms of consonant include alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental, dental consonant, obstruent, aspirate, labial, labial consonant, labiodental, labiodental consonant, nasal, nasal consonant, lingual, liquid, geminate, surd, voiceless consonant, velar, velar consonant, guttural, guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant, ejective, ejective consonant, post-alveolar, post-alveolar consonant, postalveolar, postalveolar consonant, oral consonant.

consonant (noun)	coronal consonant (noun)
a speech sound that is not a vowel	(phonetics) articulated with the flexible front part of the tongue.
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

consonant (adjective)	coronal consonant (adjective)
in keeping
involving or characterized by harmony

Difference between consonant and coronal consonant

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