Telephone vs Handset - What's the difference?
telephone | handset |
An electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to phone).
(US) Chinese whispers.
* {{quote-news, year=2013
, date=October 27
, author=Erik Adams
, title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “The PTA Disbands”
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To contact someone by dialing his or her telephone number; to make someone's telephone ring using one's own telephone.
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, chapter=4 The part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.
As nouns the difference between telephone and handset
is that telephone is an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to phone) while handset is the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.As a verb telephone
is to contact someone by dialing his or her telephone number; to make someone's telephone ring using one's own telephone.telephone
English
(wikipedia telephone)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=And since the spring of 1995, no game of telephone has ended without some Simpsons-loving smart-ass dropping “purple monkey dishwasher” into the chain. }}
Synonyms
* blower, phone, farspeaker, Ameche (slang), dog and bone (slang), horn (informal) * See alsoDerived terms
* mobile telephone * public telephone * telephone book * telephone box * telephone call * telephone conference * telephone tag * telephonic * telephonyVerb
(telephon)citation, passage=“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I??? Why didn’t I telephone ??? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”}}