telephone vs telephone extension

telephone extension vs telephone

telephone and telephone extension both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

Difference between telephone and telephone extension

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