Telephony vs Telephone - What's the difference?
telephony | telephone | Derived terms |
The act of sound transmission via the electromagnetic spectrum.
The study and application of telephone technology.
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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Telephone is a derived term of telephony.
As nouns the difference between telephony and telephone
is that telephony is the act of sound transmission via the electromagnetic spectrum while telephone is an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to 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.telephony
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(-)Anagrams
*telephone
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(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. …”}}