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Degressive vs Egressive - What's the difference?

degressive | egressive |

As adjectives the difference between degressive and egressive

is that degressive is while egressive is going or directed outward.

As a noun egressive is

(phonetics) a speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.

degressive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to decrease
  • Decreasing in steps
    • ----

    egressive

    English

    (wikipedia egressive)

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Going or directed outward.
  • (phonetics, of a speech sound) Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
  • (geology) descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.
    • This ancient wash was an egressive channel that once drained a lake .

    Antonyms

    * ingressive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonetics) A speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.

    • Antonyms

    * ingressive ----