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Headphone vs Wireless - What's the difference?

headphone | wireless |

As nouns the difference between headphone and wireless

is that headphone is a listening device placed or worn in the ear, usually sold in pairs while wireless is (label) the medium of radio communication.

As an adjective wireless is

not having any wires.

As a verb wireless is

to send a message by wireless (by radio).

headphone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A listening device placed or worn in the ear, usually sold in pairs
    • She handed me one headphone so I could listen too.

    Usage notes

    Also used as a noun modifier: e.g. headphone plug, headphone socket.

    wireless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not having any wires.
  • Of or relating to communication without a wired connection, such as by radio waves.

    • Synonyms

    * cordless

    Antonyms

    * wired

    Noun

    (wikipedia wireless) (wirelesses)
  • (label) The medium of radio communication.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
    • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=3 , passage=It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless . And results are all that concern me. […]”}}
  • (label) A radio set.
  • (label) Wireless connectivity to a computer network.

    • Derived terms

    * wireless operator

    Verb

  • To send a message by wireless (by radio)
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