radiotelephone vs telephone

telephone vs radiotelephone

radiotelephone and telephone both are nouns.

radiotelephone is not a verb while telephone is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
radiotelephone	Yes	No	No	No
telephone	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, telephone is a hypernym of radiotelephone; that is, telephone is a word with a broader meaning than radiotelephone:

radiotelephone: a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables
telephone: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

Other hypernyms of radiotelephone include phone, telephone set.

radiotelephone (noun)	telephone (noun)
a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables	electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire	transmitting speech at a distance

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

Difference between radiotelephone and telephone

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