phone vs cell phone

cell phone vs phone

phone is a noun but cell phone is not a noun.

phone and cell phone both are verbs.

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

As verbs, cell phone is a hyponym of phone; that is, cell phone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than phone:

phone: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
cell phone: call up by using a cellular phone

Other hyponyms of phone include call in.

phone (noun)	cell phone (noun)
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

phone (verb)	cell phone (verb)
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone	call up by using a cellular phone

Difference between phone and cell phone

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