Consonant vs. Alphabet — What's the Difference?

In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract. Examples are [p], pronounced with the lips; [t], pronounced with the front of the tongue; [k], pronounced with the back of the tongue; [h], pronounced in the throat; [f] and [s], pronounced by forcing air through a narrow channel (fricatives); and [m] and [n], which have air flowing through the nose (nasals).

An alphabet is a standardized set of basic written symbols or graphemes (called letters) that represent the phonemes of certain spoken languages. Not all writing systems represent language in this way; in a syllabary, each character represents a syllable, for instance, and logographic systems use characters to represent words, morphemes, or other semantic units.The first fully phonemic script, the Proto-Canaanite script, later known as the Phoenician alphabet, is considered to be the first alphabet, and is the ancestor of most modern alphabets, including Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and possibly Brahmic.

Being in agreement or accord

The letters of a language, arranged in the order fixed by custom.

Corresponding or alike in sound, as words or syllables.

A system of characters or symbols representing sounds or things.

Harmonious in sound or tone.

A set of basic parts or elements

A speech sound produced by a partial or complete obstruction of the air stream by any of various constrictions of the speech organs, such as (p), (f), (r), (w), and (h).

The set of letters used when writing in a language.

A letter or character representing such a speech sound.

A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.

(phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.

A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. Contrast e.g. abjad.

A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

(computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.

Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement

An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.

Having the same sound.

The simplest rudiments; elements.

(music) Harmonizing together; accordant.

An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.

Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

(rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.

Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; - usually followed by with or to.

The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.

Having like sounds.

The simplest rudiments; elements.

Harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords.

To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.

Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

A character set that includes letters and is used to write a language

An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound.

The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural);

A speech sound that is not a vowel

A letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

Involving or characterized by harmony

In keeping;