phone vs receiver

receiver vs phone

phone and receiver both are nouns.

phone is a verb but receiver is not a verb.

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

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

phone: electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
receiver: earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

Other hyponyms of phone include earplug, telephone receiver.

phone (noun)	receiver (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds	set that receives radio or tv signals
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear	earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language	a person who receives something
	(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
	a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
	the tennis player who receives the serve

phone (verb)	receiver (verb)
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Difference between phone and receiver

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