Fricative vs Strident - What's the difference?
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(phonetics) Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. English /f/ and /s/ are fricatives.
(phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
Grating or obnoxious
(nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides
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(linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
As nouns the difference between fricative and strident
is that fricative is any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. English /f/ and /s/ are fricatives while strident is one of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.As adjectives the difference between fricative and strident
is that fricative is produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity while strident is loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.fricative
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (archaic) spirantDerived terms
* groove fricative * lateral fricative * slit fricativeAdjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* fricativise, fricativize * fricativisation, fricativizationSee also
* affricate * approximant * lateral * nasal * plosive * sibilantExternal links
* (Fricative consonant) ----strident
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
- The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
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