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speech sound vs phoneme

phoneme vs speech sound

speech sound and phoneme both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
speech sound Yes No No No
phoneme Yes No No No
As nouns, phoneme is a hyponym of speech sound; that is, phoneme is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than speech sound:
  • speech sound: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
  • phoneme: (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
speech sound (noun) phoneme (noun)
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
Difference between speech sound and phoneme

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