Sibilance vs Sibilant - What's the difference?
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The quality of being sibilant: a hissing quality.
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Characterized by a hissing sound such as the "s" or "sh" in sash'' or ''surge .
* 1960 : Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird
(phonetics) A hissing sound such as the 's' or 'sh' in 'sash' or 'surge'.
* 1955 : H. A. Gleason, An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics , page 194, section 14.7
Sibilant is a related term of sibilance.
As nouns the difference between sibilance and sibilant
is that sibilance is the quality of being sibilant: a hissing quality while sibilant is a hissing sound such as the 's' or 'sh' in 'sash' or 'surge'.As an adjective sibilant is
characterized by a hissing sound such as the "s" or "sh" in sash or surge.sibilance
English
Noun
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- The following exercises help combat sibilance , plosives, lazy tongue, and mouth problems.
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- A string of words beginning with āsā will cause sibilance .
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- Work to control the sibilance of your s sounds.
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- Most often sending the vocal through a de-esser will either eliminate the sibilance or greatly reduce its sound.
sibilant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She had a curious habit of prefacing everything she said with a soft sibilant sound.
"S-s-s Grace," she said, "it's just like I was telling Brother Hutson the other day. 'S-s-s Brother Hutson,' I said, 'looks like we're fighting a losing battle, a losing battle.' I said."
Derived terms
* sibilantlyNoun
(en noun)- Groove fricatives all have more or less of an [s]-like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants .