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Spirant vs Spiran - What's the difference?

spirant | spiran |

As nouns the difference between spirant and spiran

is that spirant is (linguistics|archaic) a fricative while spiran is (organic compound) any of a class of bicyclic hydrocarbons in which a carbon atom has two single bonds in each of two rings; a form of spiro compound.

spirant

English

Noun

(Fricative consonant) (en noun)
  • (linguistics, archaic) A fricative.
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    • Synonyms

    * fricative

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    spiran

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of a class of bicyclic hydrocarbons in which a carbon atom has two single bonds in each of two rings; a form of spiro compound

    • Related terms

    * spirene * spiro-

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