Wired vs Tense - What's the difference?
wired | tense |
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)
(grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
(grammar) To apply a tense to.
Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
Pulled taut, without any slack.
To make or become tense.
As verbs the difference between wired and tense
is that wired is (wire) while tense is .As an adjective wired
is equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.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
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*tense
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tens (modern French temps), from (etyl) tempus.Noun
(en noun)- The basic tenses in English are present, past and future.
Derived terms
* tensalVerb
(tens)- tensing a verb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) tensus, past participle of .Adjective
(er)- You need to relax, all this overtime and stress is making you tense .