telephone set vs telephone extension

telephone extension vs telephone set

telephone set and telephone extension both are nouns.

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

As nouns, telephone extension is a hyponym of telephone set; that is, telephone extension is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than telephone set:

telephone set: 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 set include desk phone, dial phone, dial telephone, extension, extension phone, French telephone, handset, pay-phone, pay-station, radiophone, radiotelephone, wireless telephone, speakerphone.

telephone set (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

Difference between telephone set and telephone extension

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