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letter vs vowel

vowel vs letter

letter and vowel both are nouns.

letter is a verb but vowel is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
letter Yes No Yes No
vowel Yes No No No
As nouns, vowel is a hyponym of letter; that is, vowel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than letter:
  • letter: the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
  • vowel: a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
Other hyponyms of letter include ascender, descender, digram, digraph, initial, A, a, B, b, C, c, D, d, E, e, F, f, G, g, H, h, I, i, J, j, K, k, L, l, M, m, N, n, O, o, P, p, Q, q, R, r, S, s, T, t, U, u, V, v, double-u, W, w, ex, X, x, wye, Y, y, ezed, izzard, Z, z, zed, zee, alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, khi, psi, omega, aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, waw, zayin, heth, teth, yodh, kaph, lamedh, mem, nun, samekh, ayin, pe, sadhe, qoph, resh, sin, shin, taw, polyphone, polyphonic letter, block capital, block letter, consonant, yus.
letter (noun) vowel (noun)
a written message addressed to a person or organization a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
an award earned by participation in a school sport
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
letter (verb) vowel (verb)
mark letters on or mark with letters
set down or print with letters
win an athletic letter
Difference between letter and vowel

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