consonant vs pharyngeal consonant

pharyngeal consonant vs consonant

consonant and pharyngeal consonant both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but pharyngeal consonant is not an adjective.

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

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

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
pharyngeal consonant: 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, ejective, ejective consonant, post-alveolar, post-alveolar consonant, postalveolar, postalveolar consonant, oral consonant, coronal consonant.

consonant (noun)	pharyngeal consonant (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 consonant (adjective)
in keeping
involving or characterized by harmony

Difference between consonant and pharyngeal consonant

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