telephone vs dial telephone

dial telephone vs telephone

telephone and dial telephone both are nouns.

telephone is a verb but dial telephone is not a verb.

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

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

telephone: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
dial telephone: a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called

Other hyponyms of telephone include desk phone, dial phone, extension, extension phone, telephone extension, French telephone, handset, pay-phone, pay-station, radiophone, radiotelephone, wireless telephone, speakerphone.

telephone (noun)	dial telephone (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds	a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called
transmitting speech at a distance

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

Difference between telephone and dial telephone

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