Wired vs Corded - What's the difference?
wired | corded | Synonyms |
Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.
Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.
Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.
(slang) Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.
(poker slang) A pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down
(poker slang) three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud
(informal, of people or communities) connected to the Internet; online
* 2002 , Derek Da Cunha, Singapore in the new millennium: challenges facing the city-state (page 247)
* 2004 , Cincinnati Magazine (volume 38, number 3, December 2004, page 44)
(wire)
Fitted with a cord.
(cord)
Wired is a synonym of corded.
As adjectives the difference between corded and wired
is that corded is fitted with a cord while wired is equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.As verbs the difference between corded and wired
is that corded is past tense of cord while wired is past tense of wire.wired
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep.
- I was dealt three of a kind, wired .
- In typical Singaporean style, however, once the decision to get wired was made, the various agencies moved to ensure the Internet diffused very quickly.
- Coffee drinkers now have yet another way to get wired . Laptop and Tablet PC users can have their double grande mocha lattes and surf the Web simultaneously at STARBUCKS
Synonyms
* (equipped with a connection wire) cordedAntonyms
* wirelessReferences
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
