As nouns the difference between acoustic and phonetics
is that acoustic is a medicine or other agent to assist hearing while phonetics is the study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.
As an adjective acoustic
is pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
acoustic
English
Alternative forms
* acoustick (obsolete)
Adjective
(-)
Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
(music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification, as an acoustic guitar or acoustic piano.
Derived terms
* acoustically
Derived terms
* acoustics: the science of sound
* acoustic duct: the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear.
* acoustic guitar
* acoustic telegraph: a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone, notably used on ships
* acoustic vessels: brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance.
Noun
(
en noun)
(medicine) A medicine or other agent to assist hearing.
phonetics
Noun
(-)
(linguistics) The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.
Related terms
* phonetic
* phonetician
* phonology
* International Phonetic Alphabet
Anagrams
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