Raspy vs Guttural - What's the difference?
raspy | guttural | Related terms |
(of sound) Rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality.
Irritable.
* Louisa May Alcott, Little Wives
Sounding harsh and throaty.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= (label) Articulated at the back of the mouth.
Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.
A harsh and throaty spoken sound
* {{quote-book, year=1899, author=Stanley Waterloo, title=The Wolf's Long Howl, chapter=, edition=
, 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=
, 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=
, passage="Teeka is Tarzan's," said the ape-man, in the low gutturals of the great anthropoids.}}
As adjectives the difference between raspy and guttural
is that raspy is rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality while guttural is sounding harsh and throaty.As a noun guttural is
a harsh and throaty spoken sound.raspy
English
Adjective
(er)- His incessant coughing made his voice sound raspy .
- I don't wish to get raspy , so let's change the subject.
Synonyms
* grating, harsh, hoarse, rough * (irritable) irritableAnagrams
* prays, spraySee also
* raspinessguttural
English
Adjective
(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
Noun
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