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Plosive vs Africate - What's the difference?

plosive | africate |

Plosive vs Affricative - What's the difference?

plosive | affricative |


As nouns the difference between plosive and affricative

is that plosive is (phonetics) sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage; for example, when pronouncing the sound /p/ in "pug" while affricative is an affricate.

As adjectives the difference between plosive and affricative

is that plosive is (phonetics) produced in this way while affricative is of, or relating to an affricate.

Plosive - What does it mean?

plosive | |

Plosive vs Fricativeampflash - What's the difference?

plosive | fricativeampflash |

Taxonomy vs Plosive - What's the difference?

taxonomy | plosive |


As nouns the difference between taxonomy and plosive

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while plosive is (phonetics) sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage; for example, when pronouncing the sound /p/ in "pug".

As an adjective plosive is

(phonetics) produced in this way.

Plosive vs Begadkefat - What's the difference?

plosive | begadkefat |


As nouns the difference between plosive and begadkefat

is that plosive is sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage; for example, when pronouncing the sound /p/ in "pug" while begadkefat is a phenomenon of spirantization affecting most plosive consonants of Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic when they are preceded by a vowel and not geminated; also any similar case of spirantization of postvocalic plosives in other languages, such as Berber.

As an adjective plosive

is produced in this way.

Plosive vs Deaffrication - What's the difference?

plosive | deaffrication |


In phonetics terms the difference between plosive and deaffrication

is that plosive is produced in this way while deaffrication is the reverse process of affrication; the process of turning an affricate into a plosive or a fricative.

As an adjective plosive

is produced in this way.

Plosive vs Explodent - What's the difference?

plosive | explodent |


As adjectives the difference between plosive and explodent

is that plosive is (phonetics) produced in this way while explodent is (archaic) plosive.

As a noun plosive

is (phonetics) sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage; for example, when pronouncing the sound /p/ in "pug".

Plosive vs Nonplosive - What's the difference?

plosive | nonplosive |


As adjectives the difference between plosive and nonplosive

is that plosive is (phonetics) produced in this way while nonplosive is not plosive.

As a noun plosive

is (phonetics) sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage; for example, when pronouncing the sound /p/ in "pug".

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