Telephone vs. Textphone

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.

Textphonenoun

(British) A telephone with a simple keyboard and a small screen, used by the deaf.

Textphonenoun

a telephone developed for use by people who are deaf or hard of hearing, having a small screen and a keyboard on which a message may be typed to be received by another textphone.