phone vs consonant

consonant vs phone

phone and consonant both are nouns.

phone is not an adjective while consonant is an adjective.

phone is a verb but consonant is not a verb.

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

As nouns, consonant is a hyponym of phone; that is, consonant 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
consonant: a speech sound that is not a vowel

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

phone (noun)	consonant (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds	a speech sound that is not a vowel
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear	a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

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

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

Difference between phone and consonant

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