consonant vs post-alveolar consonant

post-alveolar consonant vs consonant

consonant and post-alveolar consonant both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but post-alveolar consonant is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
consonant	Yes	Yes	No	No
post-alveolar consonant	Yes	No	No	No

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

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
post-alveolar consonant: (phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

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, postalveolar, postalveolar consonant, oral consonant, coronal consonant.

consonant (noun)	post-alveolar consonant (noun)
a speech sound that is not a vowel	(phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

consonant (adjective)	post-alveolar consonant (adjective)
in keeping
involving or characterized by harmony

Difference between consonant and post-alveolar consonant

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