linguistic unit vs phone

linguistic unit and phone both are nouns.

linguistic unit is not a verb while phone is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
linguistic unit	Yes	No	No	No
phone	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, phone is a hyponym of linguistic unit; that is, phone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than linguistic unit:

linguistic unit: one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
phone: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

Other hyponyms of linguistic unit include discourse, word, syllable, lexeme, morpheme, formative, name, collocation, sound, speech sound, sign.

linguistic unit (noun)	phone (noun)
one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed	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

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

linguistic unit vs phone

linguistic unit and phone both are nouns.

linguistic unit is not a verb while phone is a verb.

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