fax vs telecommunicate

fax is a noun but telecommunicate is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fax	Yes	No	Yes	No
telecommunicate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, telecommunicate is a hypernym of fax; that is, telecommunicate is a word with a broader meaning than fax:

fax: send something via a facsimile machine
telecommunicate: communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail

fax (noun)	telecommunicate (noun)
duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

fax (verb)	telecommunicate (verb)
send something via a facsimile machine	communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail