telephone vs dial

telephone and dial both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
telephone	Yes	No	Yes	No
dial	Yes	No	Yes	No

telephone (noun)	dial (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds	the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
transmitting speech at a distance	a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
	the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments
	the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning

telephone (verb)	dial (verb)
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone	choose by means of a dial
	operate a dial to select a telephone number