continuant vs fricative

continuant and fricative both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
continuant	Yes	Yes	No	No
fricative	Yes	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, continuant and fricative are synonyms defined as:

continuant and fricative: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

Other synonyms of continuant include sibilant, spirant, strident.

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

continuant: consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
fricative: a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

Other hyponyms of continuant include fricative consonant, spirant.

continuant (noun)	fricative (noun)
consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract	a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

continuant (adjective)	fricative (adjective)
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')	of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')