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: It's a dialogue, not a monologue, and some people don't understand that. Social media is more like a telephone than a television.
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: Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.