consonant vs dental consonant

dental consonant vs consonant

consonant and dental consonant both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but dental consonant is not an adjective.

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

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

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
dental consonant: a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge

Other hyponyms of consonant include alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental, 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, coronal consonant.

consonant (noun)	dental consonant (noun)
a speech sound that is not a vowel	a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

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

Difference between consonant and dental consonant

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