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Plosive vs Fricatives - What's the difference?

plosive | fricatives |

As nouns the difference between plosive and fricatives

is that plosive is sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage; for example, when pronouncing the sound /p/ in "pug" while fricatives is plural of fricative.

As an adjective plosive

is produced in this way.

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 ----

    fricatives

    English

    Noun

    (head)
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