speakerphone vs phone

phone vs speakerphone

speakerphone and phone both are nouns.

speakerphone is not a verb while phone is a verb.

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

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

speakerphone: a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker; can be used without picking up a handset; several people can participate in a call at the same time
phone: 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 speakerphone include telephone, telephone set.

speakerphone (noun)	phone (noun)
a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker; can be used without picking up a handset; several people can participate in a call at the same time	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

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

Difference between speakerphone and phone

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