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telephone vs pay-phone

pay-phone vs telephone

telephone and pay-phone both are nouns.

telephone is a verb but pay-phone is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
telephone Yes No Yes No
pay-phone Yes No No No
As nouns, pay-phone is a hyponym of telephone; that is, pay-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
  • pay-phone: a coin-operated telephone
telephone (noun) pay-phone (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds a coin-operated telephone
transmitting speech at a distance
telephone (verb) pay-phone (verb)
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Difference between telephone and pay-phone

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