consonant vs ejective consonant

ejective consonant vs consonant

consonant and ejective consonant both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but ejective consonant is not an adjective.

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

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

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
ejective consonant: a type of consonant in some languages, e.g., Hausa, produced by sudden release of pressure from the glottis.

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, post-alveolar, post-alveolar consonant, postalveolar, postalveolar consonant, oral consonant, coronal consonant.

consonant (noun)	ejective consonant (noun)
a speech sound that is not a vowel	a type of consonant in some languages, e.g., Hausa, produced by sudden release of pressure from the glottis.
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

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

Difference between consonant and ejective consonant

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