telephone directory vs directory

telephone directory and directory both are nouns.

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

As nouns, directory is a hypernym of telephone directory; that is, directory is a word with a broader meaning than telephone directory:

telephone directory: a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers
directory: an alphabetical list of names and addresses

telephone directory (noun)	directory (noun)
a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers	an alphabetical list of names and addresses
	(computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)

telephone directory vs directory

telephone directory and directory both are nouns.

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