consonant vs oral consonant

oral consonant vs consonant

consonant and oral consonant both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but oral consonant is not an adjective.

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

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

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
oral consonant: a consonant sound in speech that is made by allowing air to escape from the mouth, as opposed to the nose.

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

consonant (noun)	oral consonant (noun)
a speech sound that is not a vowel	a consonant sound in speech that is made by allowing air to escape from the mouth, as opposed to the nose.
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

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

Difference between consonant and oral consonant

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