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Landline vs Handset - What's the difference?

landline | handset |

As nouns the difference between landline and handset

is that landline is a fixed telephone communications cable while handset is the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.

landline

English

Alternative forms

* land line

Noun

(wikipedia landline) (en noun)
  • A fixed telephone communications cable.
  • (by extension) a telephone connected by such a fixed wire, specifically not wireless/mobile.

    • See also

    *groundline English retronyms

    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