Difference between Wire and Cable

WIRE vs CABLE: NOUN

A fiber of cobweb, a fine platinum wire, or a line upon glass, fixed in the focus of a telescope, to aid in comparing the positions of objects.
A pickpocket with long fingers, expert at picking women's pockets.
Plural Figuratively, that by which any organization or body of persons is controlled and directed: now used chiefly in political slang. See wire-pulling.
In ornithology, one of the extremely long, slender, wire-like filaments or shafts of the plumage of various birds. See wired, wire-tailed, and cut under Videstrdda.
The lash; the scourge: alluding to the use of metallic whips.
A metallic string of a musical instrument; hence, poetically, the instrument itself.
A quantity of wire used for various purposes, especially in electric transmission, as in case of the telephone, the telegraph, electric lighting, etc.; specifically, a telegraph-wire, and hence (colloquially) the telegraph system itself: as, to send orders by wire.
A twisted thread; a filament.
An extremely elongated body of elastic material; specifically, a slender bar of metal, commonly circular in section, from the size which can be bent by the hand with some difficulty down to a fine thread.
A corruption of weir.
By derivation from this, an annealed wire of size and weight suitable for weaving into nettings, wire-cloth, and the like.
In paper-making, a general term for the woven brass wire-cloth used in a Fourdrinier or paper-making machine.
A pickpocket.
The finish line of a racetrack.
The screen on which sheets of paper are formed in a papermaking machine.
A pin in the print head of a computer printer.
A wire service.
A telegram or cablegram.
A telegraph service.
A telephone or telegraph connection.
A hidden microphone, as on a person's body or in a building.
The system of strings employed in manipulating puppets in a show.
Fencing made of wire, especially barbed wire.
A strand or rod of such material, or a cable made of such strands twisted together.
Metal that has been drawn out into a strand or rod, used chiefly for structural support, as in concrete, and for conducting electricity, when it is usually insulated with a rubber or plastic cladding.
A message transmitted by telegraph
The finishing line on a racetrack
A metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
Ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

To let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.
To bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et.
To slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole.
See Telegraph.
A hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas.
The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
A coil of a cable.
The length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile).
A railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor.
The cable belonging to the bower anchor.
A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.
A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance.
A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
An abbreviation of cable-car: as, to take the cable up-town.
A cablegram; a cable message: as, a cable announcing their departure has just been received.
A long, narrow strip of land.
A cylindrical molding inserted in the flute of a column and partly filling it.
In architecture: A molding of the torus kind, with its surface cut in imitation of the twisting of a rope.
The traction-rope of a cable-railroad.
See submarine cable, below.
Specifically A large, strong rope or chain, such as is used to hold a vessel at anchor.
A rope.
A cablegram.
A similar service providing Internet access.
Cable television.
A cable length.
A heavy rope or chain for mooring or anchoring a ship.
A sheathed bundle of optical fibers.
A bound or sheathed group of mutually insulated conductors.
Something that resembles such steel or fiber rope.
A strong, large-diameter, heavy steel or fiber rope.
Television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
A nautical unit of depth
A telegram sent abroad
A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
A television system transmitted over cables
A very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire

WIRE vs CABLE: ADJECTIVE

Of or relating to a subscription television or Internet service that uses cables to carry signals between local distribution antennas and the subscriber's location.

WIRE vs CABLE: VERB

Send cables, wires, or telegrams
Equip for use with electricity
String on a wire
Fasten with wire
Provide with electrical circuits

To telegraph by a submarine cable.
Fasten with a cable
Send cables, wires, or telegrams

WIRE vs CABLE: INTRANSITIVE VERB

To send a telegram.
To determine genetically; hardwire.
To implement (a capability) through logic circuitry that is permanently connected within a computer or calculator and therefore not subject to change by programming.
To send a telegram to (someone).
To send by telegraph.
To install electronic eavesdropping equipment in (a room, for example).
To attach or fasten with wire.
To attach or connect with electrical wire or cable.
To equip with a system of electrical wires.

To send a cablegram.
To supply or fasten with a cable or cables.
To transmit (a message) by telegraph.
To send a cablegram to.

WIRE vs CABLE: TRANSITIVE VERB

To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.

WIRE vs CABLE: OTHER WORD TYPES

In electricity, a kind of Wheatstone bridge in which two adjacent resistances are formed by a wire which can be divided in any ratio by means of a sliding contact and a graduated scale.
Made of wire; consisting of or fitted with wires: as, a wire sieve; a wire bird-cage.
To communicate by means of a telegraphic wire; telegraph.
To flow in currents as thin as wire.
In surgery, to maintain the ends of (a fractured bone) in close apposition by means of wire passed through holes drilled in the bone.
To be wound or bound about like wire; encircle.
To send through a telegraphic wire; send by telegraph, as a message; telegraph: as, wire a reply.
To snare by means of a wire: as, to wire a bird.
To bind, fit, or otherwise provide with wire; put wire in, on, around, through, etc.: as, to wire corks in bottling liquors; to wire beads; to wire a fence; to wire a bird-skin, as in taxidermy; to wire a house for electric lighting.
(idiom) (under the wire) Just in the nick of time; at the last moment.
(idiom) (under the wire) At the finish line.
(idiom) (down to the wire) To the very end, as in a race or contest.

A television system that transmits over cables
To make into a cable; specifically, to twist two threads together and then to twist, three of these doubled threads into one, as in the manufacture of sewing-thread.
To send a message by a telegraph-cable.
[Cf. equiv. wire, verb] To transmit by a telegraph-cable.
In architecture, to fill (the flutes of columns) with cables or cylindrical pieces.
To fasten with a cable.

WIRE vs CABLE: RELATED WORDS

Pipe, Cabled, Towline, Twine, Rope, Rod, Cabling, Cords, Cables, Cord, Conducting wire, Electrify, Telegram, Telegraph, Cable

Wiring, Cord, Wires, Television, Cable system, Cable length, Cable television service, Overseas telegram, Electrical cable, Cablegram, Line, Transmission line, Cable television, Telegraph, Wire

WIRE vs CABLE: DESCRIBE WORDS

Telegraphic, Steel, Electronic, Metal, Fence, Pipe, Towline, Twine, Rope, Cabling, Cord, Electrify, Telegram, Telegraph, Cable

Telegraphic, Duct, Winch, Wired, Towline, Telegraphy, Wiring, Cord, Wires, Television, Cable length, Line, Cable television, Telegraph, Wire

WIRE vs CABLE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

Also, make sure to strip only enough wire so that you do not leave wire exposed when connecting wires together.
Secretary, about wire transfer recipients shall be included with wire transfers from their point of origination until disbursement.
Use of materials such as barbed wire, razor wire and electrified fencing are prohibited within residentially zoned areas.
Strip insulation from wire ends, using wire stripping pliers, and attach wires to terminals for subsequent soldering.
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Attach a separate control wire to the remaining wire of each valve.
Concertina wire, or popularly called razor wire, is some nasty stuff.
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There is a ground wire, a transmit wire, and a receive wire.

Storer, Daniels, United Cable and Rogers are among the companies who sell their cable properties.
DT and DTM series environmentally sealed connectors are designed specifically for cable to cable applications.
Cable modems use a broadband connection to the Internet through cable television infrastructure.
Wind lift cable onto cable drum until all slack is removed.
Attach and thread cable from the door bottom over cable sheave.
Data cable is too long or did not use shielded cable.
Fiber Optic cable Cable connecting hardware, patch panels, and crossconnects.
Cable: Cable provides internet speeds faster than DSL through the same cables used for cable TV.
Traffic signal control cable shall be secured to the messenger cable by cable ties.
Cable internet uses a coaxial cable, the same as cable TV service.

WIRE vs CABLE: QUESTIONS

What color wire is the ground wire on a ceiling fan?
What is the Wire Gage system to measure wire sizes?
Can twist-on wire connectors be used with aluminum wire?
What is the actual wire diameter of 14 copper wire?
What type of wire is used for electrical wire insulation?
Where does the illumination wire or dimmer wire come from?
Are switches connected in live wire or neutral wire?
Is silver wire positive or negative on speaker wire?
What is the purpose of earthing wire neutral wire and live wire?
What is use of Live Wire neutral wire and earthed wire (India)?

Do cable companies offer a discount for Internet and cable TV?
What is the best cable management box for bamboo cable?
Does 6mm cable need to be replaced with 10mm cable?
Which is faster a FireWire cable or an Ethernet cable?
What cable type is used by a cable broadband connection?
Why the cable matters SuperSpeed USB extension cable?
How does Ethernet cable and crossover cable differ?
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WIRE AND CABLE

WIRE vs CABLE: NOUN

WIRE vs CABLE: ADJECTIVE

WIRE vs CABLE: VERB

WIRE vs CABLE: INTRANSITIVE VERB

WIRE vs CABLE: TRANSITIVE VERB

WIRE vs CABLE: OTHER WORD TYPES

WIRE vs CABLE: RELATED WORDS

WIRE vs CABLE: DESCRIBE WORDS

WIRE vs CABLE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

WIRE vs CABLE: QUESTIONS