telephone receiver vs telephone

telephone receiver and telephone both are nouns.

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

telephone receiver (noun)	telephone (noun)
earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds	electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
	transmitting speech at a distance

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