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phone vs extension

extension vs phone

phone and extension both are nouns.

phone is a verb but extension is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
phone Yes No Yes No
extension Yes No No No
As nouns, extension is a hyponym of phone; that is, extension is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than phone:
  • phone: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
  • extension: an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
Other hyponyms of phone include desk phone, dial phone, dial telephone, extension phone, telephone extension, French telephone, handset, pay-phone, pay-station, radiophone, radiotelephone, wireless telephone, speakerphone.
phone (noun) extension (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
an addition that extends a main building
an addition to the length of something
an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
amount or degree or range to which something extends
the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
phone (verb) extension (verb)
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
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