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Wireless vs Wareless - What's the difference?

wireless | wareless |

As adjectives the difference between wireless and wareless

is that wireless is not having any wires while wareless is unwary, incautious.

As a noun wireless

is the medium of radio communication.

As a verb wireless

is to send a message by wireless (by radio.

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)
  • *
    • ----

    wareless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Unwary, incautious.
  • (obsolete) Unaware of danger etc; unguarded.
  • *1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.ii:
  • *:Both they vnwise, and warelesse of the euill, / That by themselues vnto themselues is wrought, / Through that false witch [...].