wire vs conductor
conductor vs wirewire and conductor both are nouns.
wire is a verb but conductor is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wire | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| conductor | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
conductor is a hypernym of
wire; that is, conductor is a
word with a broader meaning than wire:
- wire: a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
- conductor: a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
| wire (noun) | conductor (noun) |
|---|---|
| ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc | a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc. |
| a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance | the person who leads a musical group |
| a message transmitted by telegraph | the person who collects fares on a public conveyance |
| the finishing line on a racetrack | a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat |
| wire (verb) | conductor (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 "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
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
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