telescope vs squelch

telescope and squelch both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
telescope	Yes	No	Yes	No
squelch	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, squelch is a hypernym of telescope; that is, squelch is a word with a broader meaning than telescope:

Other hypernyms of telescope include crush, mash, squash, squeeze.

telescope (noun)	squelch (noun)
a magnifier of images of distant objects	an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise
	a crushing remark

telescope (verb)	squelch (verb)
make smaller or shorter	suppress or crush completely
crush together or collapse	to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
	walk through mud or mire
	make a sucking sound