spirant vs fricative consonant

spirant and fricative consonant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spirant	Yes	Yes	No	No
fricative consonant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spirant and fricative consonant are synonyms defined as:

spirant and fricative consonant: a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

Other synonyms of spirant include fricative.

spirant (noun)	fricative consonant (noun)
a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract	a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

spirant (adjective)	fricative consonant (adjective)
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')