Consonant vs Plosion - What's the difference?
consonant | plosion |
(lb) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.
A letter representing the sound of a consonant.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant , and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
Characterized by harmony or agreement.
* Bishop Beveridge
* Dr. H. More
Having the same sound.
* Howell
(music) Harmonizing together; accordant.
Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
* T. Moore
(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 consonant and plosion
is that consonant is (lb) a sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel while plosion is (phonetics) pronunciation of a consonant that is characterised by completely blocking the flow of air through the mouth.As an adjective consonant
is characterized by harmony or agreement.consonant
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- Each one pretends that his opinion is consonant to the words there used.
- That where much is given shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity.
- consonant words and syllables
- consonant''' tones; '''consonant chords
- No Russian whose dissonant consonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "consonant")Antonyms
* disconsonant * discordantSee also
* vowel * semivowel * ----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.