phoner vs phone

phoner and phone both are nouns.

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

phoner (noun)	phone (noun)
the person initiating a telephone call	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

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