consonant vs velar consonant

velar consonant vs consonant

consonant and velar consonant both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but velar consonant is not an adjective.

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

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

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

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

Difference between consonant and velar consonant

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