Aspiration vs Plosion - What's the difference?
aspiration | plosion |
The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to or of)
The action of aspirating.
(phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.
(phonetics) Pronunciation of a consonant that is characterised by completely blocking the flow of air through the mouth.
* 1923 , Michael V. Trofimov, Daniel Jones, The pronunciation of Russian
* 1956 , Daniel Jones, The pronunciation of English page 121
* 1998 , Michael McCallion, The voice book: for everyone who wants to make the most of their voice
As nouns the difference between aspiration and plosion
is that aspiration is aspiration (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) while plosion is (phonetics) pronunciation of a consonant that is characterised by completely blocking the flow of air through the mouth.aspiration
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- Riley has an aspiration to become a doctor
- Morgan has an aspiration of winning the game
Derived terms
* aspirational * aspirationalism * aspirationalistEtymology 2
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* aspirational * preaspirationExternal links
* * ----plosion
English
Noun
(en noun)- In Russian, nasal plosion' is confined to cases where both the plosive and the nasal consonant have the same primary articulation. In English, however, nasal '''plosion occurs also in such groups as kn, tm (as in ''Hackney'' ['haekni], ''utmost [??tmo?st]).
- Plosive consonants are sometimes not fully articulated ; under certain conditions they may be reduced to stops only, without plosions . This generally happens in English when a plosive is immediately followed by another plosive.
- To avoid too much air escape at the moment of plosion , the tongue-tip is placed lightly on the alveolar ridge, the less muscular pressure the better.