consonant vs postalveolar consonant

postalveolar consonant vs consonant

consonant and postalveolar consonant both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but postalveolar consonant is not an adjective.

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

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

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

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

Difference between consonant and postalveolar consonant

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