Speech sound and Spirant

Speech sound

Speech sound noun - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language.
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Synonyms for Speech sound

Spirant and speech sound are semantically related. in sound unit of speech topic. In some cases you can use "Spirant" instead a noun phrase "Speech sound".

Spirant

Spirant noun - A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract.
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Synonyms for Spirant

Speech sound and spirant are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Speech sound" with "Spirant", this terms are similar.
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