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Pager vs Phone - What's the difference?

pager | phone |

As nouns the difference between pager and phone

is that pager is a device for receiving alpha-numeric messages while phone is a device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances.

As a verb phone is

to call (someone) on the telephone.

pager

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device for receiving alpha-numeric messages
  • A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.
  • Anagrams

    * * * ----

    phone

    English

    (wikipedia phone)

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of (telephone).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances.
  • Derived terms
    * cell phone * clamshell phone * flip phone * mobile phone * phone sex * phone tag * smartphone
    See also
    *

    Verb

    (phon)
  • To call (someone) on the telephone.
  • Synonyms
    * call, ring, telephone
    Derived terms
    * phone it in * phone up

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonetics) 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.