Phonetic and Phonology

What is the difference betwen phonetic and phonology?

Phonetics: the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of speech Sounds with reference to their distribution and patterning.  And their production,  combination,  description and representation by written symbols.  

In order to produce sound humans use various body parts including the lips, tongue, teeth, pharynx and lungs. phonetics is the term for the description and classification of speech sounds, particularly how sounds are produced, transmitted and received. A phoneme is the smallest unit in the sound system of a language; for example, the t sound in the word top. 

Phonology: is the study of the properties of sound Systems, the principles that govern the ways in which speakers of different languages organise speech sounds to express meaning.  

The distinctive accents that many learners of English have are due to differences between the phonological system of their language and that of English. From birth, and possibly before, we learn to recognize and produce the distinctive sounds of our own language. We do not need to give any thought to how to have the lips, tongue, teeth, etc. working together to produce the desired sounds. The physical structures of parts of the sound system are adapted to produce native-language sounds.