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Earpiece vs Handset - What's the difference?

earpiece | handset |

As nouns the difference between earpiece and handset

is that earpiece is a speaker placed inside or held near to the ear while handset is the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.

earpiece

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A speaker placed inside or held near to the ear.
  • Holding the earpiece to my ear, I could hear him speaking clearly.
  • The arm on a pair of glasses that hooks over the ear to hold them in place.
  • ''My glasses won't stay on, as I've broken the left earpiece.

    handset

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia handset) (en noun)
  • The part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.
  • See also

    * headset