extension phone vs phone

phone vs extension phone

extension phone and phone both are nouns.

extension phone is not a verb while phone is a verb.

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

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

extension phone: 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 phone include telephone, telephone set.

extension phone (noun)	phone (noun)
an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line	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

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

Difference between extension phone and phone

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