Telephone vs Ringtone - What's the difference?
telephone | ringtone |
An electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to phone).
(US) Chinese whispers.
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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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As nouns the difference between telephone and ringtone
is that telephone is an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to phone) while ringtone is the sound made by a telephone when ringing, especially the customizable tone of a mobile phone.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. …”}}
