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speech sound vs vowel sound

vowel sound vs speech sound

speech sound and vowel sound both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
speech sound Yes No No No
vowel sound Yes No No No
As nouns, vowel sound is a hyponym of speech sound; that is, vowel sound 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
  • vowel sound: a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
speech sound (noun) vowel sound (noun)
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
Difference between speech sound and vowel sound

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