consonant vs velar

velar vs consonant

consonant and velar both are nouns.

consonant and velar both are adjectives.

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

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

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
velar: a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate

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

consonant (noun)	velar (noun)
a speech sound that is not a vowel	a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

consonant (adjective)	velar (adjective)
in keeping	of or relating to the velum
involving or characterized by harmony	produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing')

Difference between consonant and velar

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