telephone vs radiotelephone

radiotelephone vs telephone

telephone and radiotelephone both are nouns.

telephone is a verb but radiotelephone is not a verb.

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

As nouns, radiotelephone is a hyponym of telephone; that is, radiotelephone 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
radiotelephone: a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables

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

telephone (noun)	radiotelephone (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 that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables
transmitting speech at a distance	telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire

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

Difference between telephone and radiotelephone

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