phone vs dial

phone and dial both are nouns.

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

phone (noun)	dial (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds	the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear	a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language	the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments
	the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning

phone (verb)	dial (verb)
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone	choose by means of a dial
	operate a dial to select a telephone number