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What is the difference between plosive and fricative?

plosive | fricative |

In phonetics terms the difference between plosive and fricative

is that plosive is produced in this way while fricative is produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.

plosive

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (phonetics) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage; for example, when pronouncing the sound /p/ in "pug".

    • Synonyms

    * stop, occlusive

    Related terms

    * plosion

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (phonetics) Produced in this way.

    • Derived terms

    * plosively * plosiveness ----

    fricative

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * (archaic) spirant

    Derived terms

    * groove fricative * lateral fricative * slit fricative

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.

    • Derived terms

    * fricativise, fricativize * fricativisation, fricativization

    See also

    * affricate * approximant * lateral * nasal * plosive * sibilant

    External links

    * (Fricative consonant) ----