Call Up vs Phone - What's the Difference?

Call Up

Phone

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • an order to report for military duty
Definition as Noun
  • electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
  • (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
  • electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
Definition as Verb
  • bring forward for consideration
  • get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
  • recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
  • cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively
  • call to arms; of military personnel
Definition as Verb
  • get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Examples

  • "The case was called up in court"
  • "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
  • "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
  • "clicking on the icon calls up the program"; "the author's description of the banquet called up delicious aromas"; "running into an old friend summoned up memories of her childhood"
  • "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
  • "I talked to him on the telephone"
  • "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb