Difference between Fricative and Spirant
What is the difference between Fricative and Spirant?
Fricative as a noun is any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. english f and s are fricatives. while Spirant as a noun is a fricative.
Fricative
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. English F and S are fricatives.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
Spirant
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A fricative.
We hope you now know whether to use Fricative or Spirant in your sentence.
