Telephone vs. Handset

Telephonenoun

A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (often shortened to phone).

Telephonenoun

The game of Chinese whispers.

Telephoneverb

(ambitransitive) To (attempt to) contact someone using the telephone.

Telephonenoun

An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.

Telephoneverb

To convey or announce by telephone.

Telephonenoun

electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds;

Telephonenoun

transmitting speech at a distance

Telephoneverb

get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;

Telephone

A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into electronic signals that are transmitted via cables and other communication channels to another telephone which reproduces the sound to the receiving user.

Handsetnoun

The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.

Handsetnoun

A mobile phone.

Handsetnoun

The mouthpiece and earpiece of a communications device mounted on a single handle; as, when the telephone rings, pick up the handset.

Handsetnoun

telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle

Handset

A handset is a component of a telephone that a user holds to the ear and mouth to receive audio through the receiver and speak to the remote party via the built-in transmitter. In earlier telephones the transmitter was mounted directly on the telephone itself, which was attached to a wall at a convenient height or affixed to a desk stand.