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Scratchy vs Guttural - What's the difference?

scratchy | guttural | Related terms |

Scratchy is a related term of guttural.


As adjectives the difference between scratchy and guttural

is that scratchy is characterized by es while guttural is sounding harsh and throaty.

As a noun guttural is

a harsh and throaty spoken sound.

scratchy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Characterized by es.
  • *
  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy -looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
  • Annoying, irritating, itchy.
  • Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
  • :

    • guttural

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sounding harsh and throaty.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
  • (label) Articulated at the back of the mouth.
  • Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A harsh and throaty spoken sound
  • * {{quote-book, year=1899, author=Stanley Waterloo, title=The Wolf's Long Howl, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , 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= citation
    • , 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= citation
    • , passage="Teeka is Tarzan's," said the ape-man, in the low gutturals of the great anthropoids.}}