telephone extension vs phone

phone vs telephone extension

telephone extension and phone both are nouns.

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

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

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

telephone extension: an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
phone: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

Other hypernyms of telephone extension include telephone, telephone set.

telephone extension (noun)	phone (noun)
an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line	electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
	electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
	(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

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

Difference between telephone extension and phone

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