dial telephone vs phone

phone vs dial telephone

dial telephone and phone both are nouns.

dial telephone is not a verb while phone is a verb.

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

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

dial telephone: a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called
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 dial telephone include telephone, telephone set.

dial telephone (noun)	phone (noun)
a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called	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

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

Difference between dial telephone and phone

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