Egressive vs. Ingressive: What's the Difference?
Egressive and Ingressive Definitions
Egressive
Going or directed outward.
Ingressive
Of, relating to, or involving ingress.
Egressive
Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
Ingressive
(Grammar) Inchoative.
Egressive
(geology) descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.
This ancient wash was an egressive channel that once drained a lake.
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Ingressive
(Linguistics) Of or being a speech sound produced with an inhalation of breath.
Egressive
(phonetics) A speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
Ingressive
Going or directed inward, entering.
Ingressive
Open to entry or examination.
The chances that your Internet activity is being monitored are low, despite the ingressive nature of the modern Internet environment.
Ingressive
Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
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Ingressive
(grammar) Aspectually indicating that an action is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
Ingressive
(geology) Being a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.
This spring is the ingressive source of the water that flows through the cave.
Ingressive
(phonetics) A speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the mouth or nose.
