radiotelephone vs telephone set

telephone set vs radiotelephone

radiotelephone and telephone set both are nouns.

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

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

radiotelephone: a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables
telephone set: 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.

radiotelephone (noun)	telephone set (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

Difference between radiotelephone and telephone set

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