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Coarse vs Guttural - What's the difference?

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Coarse is a related term of guttural.


As adjectives the difference between coarse and guttural

is that coarse is composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture while guttural is sounding harsh and throaty.

As a noun guttural is

a harsh and throaty spoken sound.

coarse

English

(wikipedia coarse)

Adjective

(er)
  • Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.
  • Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy;
    • coarse manners
    coarse language

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "coarse" is often applied: language, particle, grain, graining, sand, powder, gravel, grit, salt, gold, thread, hair, cloth, grid, aggregate, texture, grass, fish, angling, fishing.

    Synonyms

    * (of inferior quality ): thick, rough, sharp, hard * (not refined ): rough, rude, uncouth, blunt, unpolished, inelegant, indelicate, vulgar, gritty, obscene, crass

    Antonyms

    * (of inferior quality ): fine

    Derived terms

    * coarsely * coarsen * coarseness

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    guttural

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sounding harsh and throaty.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
  • (label) Articulated at the back of the mouth.
  • Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A harsh and throaty spoken sound
  • * {{quote-book, year=1899, author=Stanley Waterloo, title=The Wolf's Long Howl, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He was hairy, and his speech of rough gutturals was imperfect.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1912, author=Frederic Stewart Isham, title=A Man and His Money, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He seems quite an exception to some husbands in that respect!" remarked the Berliner in deep gutturals .}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1919, author=Edgar Rice Burroughs, title=Jungle Tales of Tarzan, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Teeka is Tarzan's," said the ape-man, in the low gutturals of the great anthropoids.}}