phone vs phoneme

phoneme vs phone

phone and phoneme both are nouns.

phone is a verb but phoneme is not a verb.

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

As nouns, phoneme is a hyponym of phone; that is, phoneme is a word with a more specific, narrower 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
phoneme: (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

Other hyponyms of phone include vowel, vowel sound, glide, semivowel, consonant, orinasal, orinasal phone, sonant, voiced sound, aspirate, ingressive.

phone (noun)	phoneme (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds	(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
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)	phoneme (verb)
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Difference between phone and phoneme

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