conductor vs wire
wire vs conductorconductor and wire both are nouns.
conductor is not a verb while wire is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| conductor | Yes | No | No | No |
| wire | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
wire is a hyponym of
conductor; that is, wire is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
conductor:
- conductor: a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
- wire: a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
Other hyponyms of conductor include
bus, busbar, cable, line, transmission line, cord, electric cord, electrode, heat sink, lightning conductor, lightning rod, semiconductor, semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, bypass, electrical shunt, shunt, wave guide, waveguide, conducting wire.
| conductor (noun) | wire (noun) |
|---|---|
| a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
| the person who leads a musical group | a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
| the person who collects fares on a public conveyance | a message transmitted by telegraph |
| a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat | the finishing line on a racetrack |
| conductor (verb) | wire (verb) |
|---|---|
| equip for use with electricity | |
| send cables, wires, or telegrams | |
| fasten with wire | |
| string on a wire | |
| provide with electrical circuits |
Words related to "conductor"
- Ag
- Arthur Fiedler
- Arturo Toscanini
- Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber
- Benjamin Britten
- Bernstein
- Britten
- Bruno Walter
- Carl Maria von Weber
- Constant Lambert
- Cu
- Edward Benjamin Britten
- Eugene Ormandy
- Fiedler
- George Szell
- Gustav Mahler
- Hindemith
- Koussevitzky
- Lambert
- Leonard Bernstein
- Leonard Constant Lambert
- Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski
- Leopold Stokowski
- Lord Britten of Aldeburgh
- Mahler
- Ormandy
- Ozawa
- Paul Hindemith
- Seiji Ozawa
- Serge Koussevitzky
- Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky
- Sir Henry Joseph Wood
- Sir Henry Wood
- Stokowski
- Szell
- Toscanini
- Walter
- Weber
- Wood
- accumulator
- atomic number 29
- atomic number 47
- bandleader
- bandmaster
- bus
- busbar
- bypass
- cable
- collector
- conduct
- conducting wire
- conductress
- copper
- cord
- device
- director
- drum major
- drum majorette
- electric cord
- electrical shunt
- electrode
- gatherer
- heat sink
- insulator
- lightning conductor
- lightning rod
- line
- majorette
- material
- music director
- musician
- semiconducting material
- semiconductor
- semiconductor device
- semiconductor unit
- shunt
- silver
- stuff
- transmission line
- wave guide
- waveguide
- wire
Words related to "wire"
- accommodate
- adapt
- baling wire
- barbed wire
- barbwire
- booster cable
- cable
- cablegram
- conducting wire
- conductor
- draw
- electrify
- equip
- fasten
- filament
- finish line
- finishing line
- fit
- fit out
- fix
- haywire
- jumper cable
- jumper lead
- lead
- lead-in
- letter telegram
- ligament
- message
- night letter
- outfit
- overseas telegram
- patchcord
- piano wire
- rewire
- secure
- string
- telecommunicate
- telegram
- telegraph
- telegraph line
- telegraph wire
- telegraphy
- telephone line
- telephone wire
- thread
- trip wire
- unwire
- wirer
- wiring
- wiry
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