telecommunicate vs fax

telecommunicate is not a noun while fax is a noun.

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

As verbs, fax is a hyponym of telecommunicate; that is, fax is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than telecommunicate:

telecommunicate: communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail
fax: send something via a facsimile machine

Other hyponyms of telecommunicate include call, call up, phone, ring, telephone, telex, cable, telegraph, wire, facsimile, telefax, e-mail, email, netmail, call.

telecommunicate (noun)	fax (noun)
	duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

telecommunicate (verb)	fax (verb)
communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail	send something via a facsimile machine