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Egressive vs Ingressive - What's the difference?

egressive | ingressive |

Ingressive is a antonym of egressive.



In phonetics of a speech sound terms the difference between egressive and ingressive

is that egressive is uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose while ingressive is uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.

In geology terms the difference between egressive and ingressive

is that egressive is descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area while ingressive is descriptive of a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.

In phonetics terms the difference between egressive and ingressive

is that egressive is a speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose while ingressive is a speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the mouth or nose.

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 ----

    ingressive

    English

    (wikipedia ingressive)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • going or directed inward, entering
  • open to entry or examination
    • The chances that your internet actions are being watched is low, despite the ingressive nature of the modern internet envioronment .
  • (phonetics, of a speech sound) Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
  • (geology) descriptive of a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.
    • This spring is the ingressive source of the water that flows through the cave .

    Antonyms

    * egressive

    Noun

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

    • Antonyms

    * egressive ----