telephone vs extension phone

extension phone vs telephone

telephone and extension phone both are nouns.

telephone is a verb but extension phone is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
telephone	Yes	No	Yes	No
extension phone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, extension phone is a hyponym of telephone; that is, extension phone 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
extension phone: an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

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

telephone (noun)	extension phone (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds	an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
transmitting speech at a distance

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

Difference between telephone and extension phone

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