What is the difference between muscle dystrophy and muscle atrophy? The difference between muscle atrophy and dystophy is that the atrophy is a wasting away of muscle due to disease or poor nutrition. Muscle dystrophy is degeneraion of musclesâ¦ or any organs in the body caused by a disease process, or it can also be caused by malnourishment.
A digraph is two letters that spell one sound. Digraphs that spell consonant sounds include the letter pairs sh, ch, th, wh, ck, ph, ng. Digraphs that spell vowel sounds include the letter pairs ai, ay, ee, ea, ie, ei, oo, ou. ow, oe, oo, ue, ey, ay, oy, oi, au, aw.
Learning how vowel digraphs are spelled in English can improve your reading comprehension, pronunciation, and spelling. (Note: These are standard American pronunciations. British, Australian, and other Commonwealth countries-- and some regions of the U.S.-- will be different for a few of them.)