extension vs phone

phone vs extension

extension and phone both are nouns.

extension is not a verb while phone is a verb.

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

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

extension: an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
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 extension include telephone, telephone set.

extension (noun)	phone (noun)
an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students	electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb	electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
act of expanding in scope; making more widely available	(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
an addition that extends a main building
an addition to the length of something
an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
amount or degree or range to which something extends
the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt

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

Difference between extension and phone

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