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Palatal vs Labial - What's the difference?

palatal | labial |

As adjectives the difference between palatal and labial

is that palatal is pertaining to the palate while labial is of or pertaining to the lips or labia.

As nouns the difference between palatal and labial

is that palatal is a palatal consonant while labial is a labial consonant.

palatal

English

(palatal consonant)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.
  • (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
  • (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.

    • Coordinate terms

    *

    Derived terms

    * palatalization * palatalize

    Related terms

    * palate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonetics) A palatal consonant.

    • labial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the lips or labia
  • (linguistics) articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w
  • (dentistry) Of an incisor or canine, on the side facing the lips. See mesial.
  • (music) Furnished with lips.
    • a labial organ pipe

    Derived terms

    * postlabial * prelabial

    Coordinate terms

    * * (linguistics) coronal, dorsal, radical, laryngeal

    Noun

    (labial consonant) (en noun)
  • (linguistics) a labial consonant
  • (music) an organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound
  • Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.

    • Hyponyms

    * (linguistics) bilabial, labiodental

    Derived terms

    * labial artery * labial consonant * labial geyser * labial-alveolar consonant * labial-palatal approximant * labial-palatal consonant * bilabial click