Fricative consonant and Sibilant consonant

Fricative consonant

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

Sibilant consonant and fricative consonant are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Sibilant consonant" with "Fricative consonant", this phrases are similar.

Sibilant consonant

Sibilant consonant noun - A consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh).

Fricative consonant and sibilant consonant are semantically related. You can use "Fricative consonant" instead a noun phrase "Sibilant consonant".

Mutual synonyms

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Sibilant consonant and Fricative consonant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fricative_consonant/sibilant_consonant
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