consonant vs voiceless consonant

voiceless consonant vs consonant

consonant and voiceless consonant both are nouns.

consonant is an adjective but voiceless consonant is not an adjective.

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

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

consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel
voiceless consonant: a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords

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, velar, 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)	voiceless consonant (noun)
a speech sound that is not a vowel	a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

consonant (adjective)	voiceless consonant (adjective)
in keeping
involving or characterized by harmony

Difference between consonant and voiceless consonant

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