The difference between Phonetics and Phonology.

Essentially, we could safely say that "Phonetics describes the production process involved in physical sounds, while phonology describes the environmental factors that shape these sounds at particular points of occurrence" (Iyabode, 2011, p. 1) That is, phonetics focuses on the physical production of sounds: how we make them with our mouth, throat, and lungs. Phonology, on the other hand, studies how those sounds function within a language, how they change according to context, and how they are organized into patterns.