Shibilant vs. Sibilant — What's the Difference?

(phonology) A sibilant (fricative or affricate) pronounced further back in the mouth than [s] and [z]: [[ʃ|[ʃ]]], [[ʒ|[ʒ]]], [t͡ʃ], [d͡ʒ], etc.

In phonetics, sibilants are fricative consonants of higher amplitude and pitch, made by directing a stream of air with the tongue towards the teeth. Examples of sibilants are the consonants at the beginning of the English words sip, zip, ship, and genre.

Of, characterized by, or producing a hissing sound like that of (s) or (sh)

A sibilant speech sound, such as English (s), (sh), (z), or (zh).

Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.

(phonetics) A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.

Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.

A consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)

Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')