phoneme vs phone

phone vs phoneme

phoneme and phone both are nouns.

phoneme is not a verb while phone is a verb.

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

As nouns, phone is a hypernym of phoneme; that is, phone is a word with a broader meaning than phoneme:

phoneme: (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
phone: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

Other hypernyms of phoneme include sound, speech sound.

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

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

Difference between phoneme and phone

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