phone vs aspirate

aspirate vs phone

phone and aspirate both are nouns.

phone and aspirate both are verbs.

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

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

phone: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
aspirate: a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.

Other hyponyms of phone include phoneme, vowel, vowel sound, glide, semivowel, consonant, orinasal, orinasal phone, sonant, voiced sound, ingressive.

phone (noun)	aspirate (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds	a consonant pronounced with aspiration
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear	a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

phone (verb)	aspirate (verb)
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone	inhale (air, water, etc.)
	pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
	remove by suction

Difference between phone and aspirate

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