consonant vs nasal consonant

nasal consonant vs consonant

consonant and nasal consonant both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but nasal consonant is not an adjective.

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

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

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
nasal consonant: 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, 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 consonant (noun)
a speech sound that is not a vowel	a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

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

Difference between consonant and nasal consonant

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