What is the difference between syllable and vowel?
syllable | vowel |
(linguistics) A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables.
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The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
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* Shakespeare
(poetic) To utter in syllables.
(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 .
As nouns the difference between syllable and vowel
is that syllable is a unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables while vowel is a sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.As a verb syllable
is to utter in syllables.syllable
English
Noun
(en noun)- Before any syllable of the law of God was written.
- Who dare speak / One syllable against him?
Derived terms
* monosyllable * polysyllable * quadrisyllable * quinquesyllable * syllabary * syllabatim * syllabic * syllabification * syllabify * trisyllable * words of one syllableVerb
(syllabl)- Aery tongues that syllable men's names — Milton.