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Affricate vs Deaffrication - What's the difference?

affricate | deaffrication |

In phonetics terms the difference between affricate and deaffrication

is that affricate is a sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative. English sounds /t͡ʃ/ (catch) and /d͡ʒ/ (jury) are examples while deaffrication is the reverse process of affrication; the process of turning an affricate into a plosive or a fricative.

affricate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative. English sounds /t??/ (catch'') and /d??/ (''j ury) are examples.

    • Derived terms

    * affrication ----

    deaffrication

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (phonetics) The reverse process of affrication; the process of turning an affricate into a plosive or a fricative.