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Vowel vs Syllabicity - What's the difference?

vowel | syllabicity |

As nouns the difference between vowel and syllabicity

is that vowel is (phonetics) a sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable while syllabicity is the property or status of (of a syllabic, generally a vowel) of being syllabic, ie able to be positioned in the syllable nuclei.

vowel

English

(wikipedia vowel)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
  • A letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a'', ''e'', ''i'', ''o'' and ''u'', and sometimes ''y .

    • Antonyms

    * (sound) consonant * (letter) consonant

    Related terms

    * semivowel * consonant * liquid

    Anagrams

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    syllabicity

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The property or status of (of a syllabic, generally a vowel) of being syllabic, i.e. able to be positioned in the syllable nuclei.
    • The syllabicity of Proto-Indo-European syllabic sonorants *y and *w can easily be determined by a rule.

    Derived terms

    * ambisyllabicity