telephone vs call waiting

telephone and call waiting both are nouns.

telephone is a verb but call waiting is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
telephone	Yes	No	Yes	No
call waiting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, call waiting is a hyponym of telephone; that is, call waiting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than telephone:

telephone: transmitting speech at a distance
call waiting: a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephone

Other hyponyms of telephone include voice mail, voicemail, call, phone call, telephone call, call forwarding.

telephone (noun)	call waiting (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds	a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephone
transmitting speech at a distance

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

telephone vs call waiting

telephone and call waiting both are nouns.

telephone is a verb but call waiting is not a verb.

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