telecommunicate vs communicate

telecommunicate and communicate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
telecommunicate	No	No	Yes	No
communicate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, communicate is a hypernym of telecommunicate; that is, communicate is a word with a broader meaning than telecommunicate:

telecommunicate: communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail
communicate: transmit information

Other hypernyms of telecommunicate include pass, pass along, pass on, put across.

telecommunicate (verb)	communicate (verb)
communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail	transmit thoughts or feelings
	transmit information
	be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas
	receive Communion, in the Catholic church
	administer Communion; in church
	join or connect
	transfer to another