directory vs telephone directory

directory and telephone directory both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
directory	Yes	No	No	No
telephone directory	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, telephone directory is a hyponym of directory; that is, telephone directory is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than directory:

directory: an alphabetical list of names and addresses
telephone directory: a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers

Other hyponyms of directory include phone book, phonebook, telephone book, blue book.

directory (noun)	telephone directory (noun)
an alphabetical list of names and addresses	a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers
(computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)

directory vs telephone directory

directory and telephone directory both are nouns.

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