phone vs telephone extension

telephone extension vs phone

phone and telephone extension both are nouns.

phone is a verb but telephone extension is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
phone	Yes	No	Yes	No
telephone extension	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, telephone extension is a hyponym of phone; that is, telephone 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
telephone 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, extension phone, French telephone, handset, pay-phone, pay-station, radiophone, radiotelephone, wireless telephone, speakerphone.

phone (noun)	telephone 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 additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
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)	telephone extension (verb)
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Difference between phone and telephone extension

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