dial vs phone

dial and phone both are nouns.

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

dial (noun)	phone (noun)
the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours	electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called	electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments	(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning

dial (verb)	phone (verb)
choose by means of a dial	get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
operate a dial to select a telephone number