Difference between Phone and Telephone

What is the difference between Phone and Telephone?

Phone as a verb is to call (someone) on the telephone. while Telephone as a verb is to contact someone by dialing his or her telephone number; to make someone's telephone ring using one's own telephone.

Phone

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To call (someone) on the telephone.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A device for transmitting sound in real time across distances. A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.

Example sentence: I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.

Telephone

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To contact someone by dialing his or her telephone number; to make someone's telephone ring using one's own telephone.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to phone).

Example sentence: The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.

We hope you now know whether to use Phone or Telephone in your sentence.

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