Wine vs Wire - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between wine and wire

is that wine is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes or wine can be (nonstandard|british) wind while wire is (label) metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.

As verbs the difference between wine and wire

is that wine is to entertain with wine while wire is to fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.

wine

English

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Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages'', s.v. “v?num” (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 680.J.P. Mallory and D.Q. Adams, ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. “wine” (London: Fritzroy Dearborn, 1997), 644.

Noun

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes.

Wine is stronger than beer.

She ordered some wine for the meal.

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An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable; for example, "dandelion wine".

(countable) A serving of wine.

I'd like three beers and two wines , please.

(uncountable) A dark purplish red colour; the colour of red wine.

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* Adam's wine * barley wine * blush wine * bottle of wine * bread and wine * dessert wine * fortified wine * ginger wine * good wine needs no bush * house wine * ice wine * jug wine * May wine * palm wine * palm wine guitar * pop wine * port-wine stain * put new wine in old bottles * red wine * * sparkling wine * spirits of wine * straw wine * table wine * white wine * wine and dine * wine bar * wine bottle * wine cellar * wine cooler * wine gallon * wine glass * wine grower * wine growing * wine list * wine palm * wine vinegar * wine waiter * * winebery * winebibber * winebibbing * winebottle * wine-coloured * wineery * wineglass * winegrower * wine-press * wineskin * winetaster * winetasting * winy * yellow wine

Verb

(win)

To entertain with wine.

* 1919 , Lee Meriwether, The War Diary of a Diplomat , Dodd, Mead and Company, page 159:

Neither Major Wadhams nor I is accustomed to being wined and dined by perfect strangers who do not even present themselves, but leave servants to do the honors, consequently to both of us our present situation smacks of romance and adventure;

To drink wine.

* 1839 , Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Clockmaker

I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined , and went to bed sobbing.

References

Etymology 2

Noun

(-)

(nonstandard, British) wind

* 1850 , James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century :

Vor voices rawze upon tha wine

* 1869 , James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire :

Aw how sholl I tell o’m—vor âll pirty maidens

*:: When I pass’d ’em look’d back—ther smill rawze on tha wine .

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wire

English

Noun

(label) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

A metal conductor that carries electricity.

A fence made of usually barbed wire.

(label) A finish line of a racetrack.

(label) A telecommunication wire or cable

(label) An electric telegraph; a telegram.

(label) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.

(label) A deadline or critical endpoint.

(label) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.

Synonyms

* (thin thread of metal ): cable, steel wire, thread * (metal conductor that carries electricity ): conducting wire * (fencing made of usually barbed wire ): barbed wire * (informal: telegraph''): ''See telegraph * (informal: message transmitted by telegraph''): ''See telegram * (object used to keep the score in billiards) score string

Derived terms

* baling wire * barbed wire, barbed-wire * be on the wire * by wire * chicken wire * down to the wire * earthing wire * get one’s wires crossed]], [[have one's wires crossed, have one’s wires crossed * guy wire/guy-wire * haywire * live wire * piano wire * pull wires * pull the wires * razor wire * trawlwire * trip wire * under the wire * wire broadcasting * wire clippers * wire cutter * wire entanglement * wireform * wireless * wire recorder * wire rope * wire transfer * wiretap * wire wool * woven wire * wiry

Verb

(wir)

To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.

* 1934 , edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 222:

I could see him in his plane flying low over the river or a reservoir, dropping the club out with a chunk of lead wired to the shaft.

To string on a wire.

To equip with wires for use with electricity.

To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.

I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen.

(label) To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominately by telegraph.

To make someone tense or psyched up.

(label) To install eavesdropping equipment.

To snare by means of a wire or wires.

Synonyms

* (to equip for use with electricity ): electrify * (informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system ): cable, telegraph

Antonyms

* (to fasten with wire ): unwire

Troponyms

* (to fasten with wire ): rewire * (to equip for use with electricity ): rewire

Derived terms

* wire away * wire in * wire into

Anagrams

* weir 1000 English basic words