desk phone vs phone

phone vs desk phone

desk phone and phone both are nouns.

desk phone is not a verb while phone is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
desk phone	Yes	No	No	No
phone	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, phone is a hypernym of desk phone; that is, phone is a word with a broader meaning than desk phone:

desk phone: a telephone set that sits on a desk or table
phone: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

Other hypernyms of desk phone include telephone, telephone set.

desk phone (noun)	phone (noun)
a telephone set that sits on a desk or table	electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
	electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
	(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

desk phone (verb)	phone (verb)
	get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Difference between desk phone and phone

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