ingressive vs phone

phone vs ingressive

ingressive and phone both are nouns.

ingressive is not a verb while phone is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ingressive	Yes	No	No	No
phone	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, phone is a hypernym of ingressive; that is, phone is a word with a broader meaning than ingressive:

ingressive: a speech sound by which the airstream flows inward through the mouth or nose.
phone: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

Other hypernyms of ingressive include sound, speech sound.

ingressive (noun)	phone (noun)
a speech sound by which the airstream flows inward through the mouth or nose.	electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
	electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
	(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

ingressive (verb)	phone (verb)
	get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Difference between ingressive and phone

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