telephone vs electronic equipment

electronic equipment vs telephone

telephone and electronic equipment both are nouns.

telephone is a verb but electronic equipment is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
telephone	Yes	No	Yes	No
electronic equipment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, electronic equipment is a hypernym of telephone; that is, electronic equipment is a word with a broader 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
electronic equipment: equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)

telephone (noun)	electronic equipment (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds	equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)
transmitting speech at a distance

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

Difference between telephone and electronic equipment

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