Difference between Ring and Phone

What is the difference between Ring and Phone?

Ring as a verb is to surround or enclose. while Phone as a verb is to call (someone) on the telephone.

Ring

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To surround or enclose. To make an incision around; to girdle. To attach a ring to, especially for identification. To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound. To make a (church) bell produce sound. Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound. To telephone someone. to resound, reverberate, echo

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc. A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger. A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration. A piece of food in the shape of a ring, as in onion ring A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices; as a crime ring. A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles. A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet. A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter. An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter. a large circular prehistoric stone construction such as w:Stonehenge. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it. A pleasant or correct sound. A telephone call. An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations, addition and multiplication, such that the set is an abelian group under addition and a monoid under multiplication. An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under multiplication, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.

Example sentence: Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.

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: An iPod, a phone, an internet mobile communicator... these are NOT three separate devices! And we are calling it iPhone! Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone. And here it is.

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

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