phone vs sonant

sonant vs phone

phone and sonant both are nouns.

phone is not an adjective while sonant is an adjective.

phone is a verb but sonant is not a verb.

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

As nouns, sonant is a hyponym of phone; that is, sonant 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
sonant: a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords

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

phone (noun)	sonant (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 accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
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

phone (adjective)	sonant (adjective)
	produced with vibration of the vocal cords

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

Difference between phone and sonant

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