consonant vs labial

labial vs consonant

consonant and labial both are nouns.

consonant and labial both are adjectives.

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

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

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
labial: a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips

Other hyponyms of consonant include alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental, dental consonant, obstruent, aspirate, 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)	labial (noun)
a speech sound that is not a vowel	a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

consonant (adjective)	labial (adjective)
in keeping	relating to or near the female labium
involving or characterized by harmony	of or relating to the lips of the mouth

Difference between consonant and labial

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