phone vs language unit
language unit vs phonephone and language unit both are nouns.
phone is a verb but language unit is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| phone | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| language unit | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
language unit is a hypernym of
phone; that is, language unit is a
word with a broader meaning than phone:
- phone: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- language unit: one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
Other hypernyms of phone include
linguistic unit.
| phone (noun) | language unit (noun) |
|---|---|
| electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds | one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed |
| 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) | language unit (verb) |
|---|---|
| get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone |
Words related to "phone"
- French telephone
- aspirate
- call
- call in
- call up
- cell phone
- consonant
- desk phone
- dial
- dial phone
- dial telephone
- earphone
- earpiece
- earplug
- electro-acoustic transducer
- electronic equipment
- extension
- extension phone
- glide
- handset
- hang on
- headphone
- hold on
- hold the line
- ingressive
- language unit
- linguistic unit
- mouthpiece
- orinasal
- orinasal phone
- pay-phone
- pay-station
- phonate
- phone system
- phoneme
- phoner
- phonetic
- phonetics
- phonic
- radiophone
- radiotelephone
- receiver
- ring
- semivowel
- sonant
- sound
- speakerphone
- speech sound
- telecommunicate
- telephone
- telephone extension
- telephone receiver
- telephone set
- telephone system
- telephony
- utterance
- vocalization
- voiced sound
- vowel
- vowel sound
- wireless telephone
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