different between telephone vs telemarketing

English

Etymology

First used by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 to refer to the modern instrument, but previous devices had been given this name, which was borrowed from French téléphone. Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (têle, “afar”) + ???? (ph?n?, “voice, sound”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /? t?l.??f??n/, /? t?l.??f??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /? t?l.??fo?n/
• Hyphenation: tel?e?phone

Noun

telephone (countable and uncountable, plural telephones)

1. A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).
2. (Canada, US, uncountable) The game of Chinese whispers.

Synonyms

• blower, phone, farspeaker, Ameche (slang), dog and bone (slang), horn (informal)
• See also Thesaurus:phone

Hyponyms

• cellphone

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

telephone (third-person singular simple present telephones, present participle telephoning, simple past and past participle telephoned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To (attempt to) contact someone using the telephone.
2. (transitive) To convey (a message) by telephoning.
   • 2012, Robert Byron, ?Jan Morris, Europe in the Looking-Glass

     David telephoned his apologies to his mother.

Synonyms

• call, drop a line, phone, ring
• See also Thesaurus:telephone

Translations

Anagrams

• phenetole

English

Etymology

Blend of telephone +? marketing.

Noun

telemarketing (uncountable)

1. The business of selling products or services by making unsolicited telephone calls to potential customers.

   The newspaper started a telemarketing campaign to boost its subscriptions by calling non-subscribers.

Related terms

• telemarket
• telemarketer

Descendants

• ? Italian: telemarketing
• ? Polish: telemarketing
• ? Portuguese: telemarketing

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English telemarketing, equivalent to tele- +? marketing.

Noun

telemarketing m (uncountable)

1. telemarketing

Polish

Etymology

From English telemarketing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?.l?.mar?k?.tink/

Noun

telemarketing m inan

1. telemarketing

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) telemarketingowy

Further reading

• telemarketing in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• telemarketing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English telemarketing, equivalent to tele- +? marketing.

Noun

telemarketing m (uncountable)

1. telemarketing (sales made by making calls to potential customers)