consonant vs postalveolar

postalveolar vs consonant

consonant and postalveolar both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but postalveolar is not an adjective.

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

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

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

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

Difference between consonant and postalveolar

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