Unwire vs Rewire - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between unwire and rewire

is that unwire is to undo the wiring of something while rewire is to replace or reconnect the wires of a device or installation.

(unwir)

To undo the wiring of something.

(rewir)

To replace or reconnect the wires of a device or installation.

:I had to rewire the circuit where the old wires had shorted out.

:The electrician said that we couldn't add a new outlet without rewiring .

To change the functionality of something by altering the parameters or logic.

:When our companies merged, I rewired our payment processing system to handle their invoices as well.