consonant vs nasal

nasal vs consonant

consonant and nasal both are nouns.

consonant and nasal both are adjectives.

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

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

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
nasal: a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed

Other hyponyms of consonant include alveolar, alveolar consonant, dental, dental consonant, obstruent, aspirate, labial, labial consonant, labiodental, labiodental consonant, 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)	nasal (noun)
a speech sound that is not a vowel	an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant	a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed

consonant (adjective)	nasal (adjective)
in keeping	of or in or relating to the nose
involving or characterized by harmony	sounding as if the nose were pinched

Difference between consonant and nasal

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