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plosive consonant vs glottal plosive

glottal plosive vs plosive consonant

plosive consonant and glottal plosive both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plosive consonant Yes No No No
glottal plosive Yes No No No
As nouns, glottal plosive is a hyponym of plosive consonant; that is, glottal plosive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plosive consonant:
  • plosive consonant: a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
  • glottal plosive: a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel
Other hyponyms of plosive consonant include labial stop, glottal catch, glottal stop, click, suction stop.
plosive consonant (noun) glottal plosive (noun)
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel
Difference between plosive consonant and glottal plosive

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