consonant vs labial consonant

labial consonant vs consonant

consonant and labial consonant both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but labial consonant is not an adjective.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of consonant include alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental, dental consonant, obstruent, aspirate, labial, 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 consonant (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 consonant (adjective)
in keeping
involving or characterized by harmony

Difference between consonant and labial consonant

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