consonant vs pharyngeal

pharyngeal vs consonant

consonant and pharyngeal both are nouns.

consonant and pharyngeal both are adjectives.

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

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

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
pharyngeal: a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat

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

consonant (noun)	pharyngeal (noun)
a speech sound that is not a vowel	a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

consonant (adjective)	pharyngeal (adjective)
in keeping	of or relating to the throat
involving or characterized by harmony

Difference between consonant and pharyngeal

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