The difference between Cable and Wire
When used as nouns, cable means a strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope, whereas wire means metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
When used as verbs, cable means to provide with cable(s), whereas wire means to fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cable and Wire
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Cable as a noun (material):
A long object used to make a physical connection. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated. A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
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Cable as a noun (communications):
A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables. Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
Examples:
"I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out."
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Cable as a noun:
A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
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Cable as a noun (nautical):
A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
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Cable as a noun (unit, chiefly nautical):
100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
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Cable as a noun (finance):
The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
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Cable as a noun (architecture):
A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
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Cable as a verb (transitive):
To provide with cable(s)
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Cable as a verb (transitive):
To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
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Cable as a verb (transitive):
To wrap wires to form a cable
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Cable as a verb (transitive):
To send a telegram by cable
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Cable as a verb (intransitive):
To communicate by cable
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Cable as a verb (architecture, transitive):
To ornament with cabling.
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Wire as a noun (uncountable):
Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
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Wire as a noun:
A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
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Wire as a noun:
A metal conductor that carries electricity.
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Wire as a noun:
A fence made of usually barbed wire.
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Wire as a noun (sports):
A finish line of a racetrack.
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Wire as a noun (informal):
A telecommunication wire or cable
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Wire as a noun (by extension):
An electric telegraph; a telegram.
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Wire as a noun (slang):
A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
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Wire as a noun (informal):
A deadline or critical endpoint.
Examples:
"This election is going to go right to the wire'"
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Wire as a noun (billiards):
A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
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Wire as a noun (usually plural):
Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
Examples:
"to pull the wires for office"
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Wire as a noun (archaic, thieves' slang):
A pickpocket who targets women.
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Wire as a noun (slang):
A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
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Wire as a noun (Scotland):
A knitting needle.
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Wire as a verb:
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
Examples:
"We need to wire that hole in the fence."
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Wire as a verb:
To string on a wire.
Examples:
"'wire beads"
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Wire as a verb:
To equip with wires for use with electricity.
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Wire as a verb:
To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
Examples:
"I'll just wire your camera to the computer screen."
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Wire as a verb (informal):
To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
Examples:
"Urgent: please wire me another 100 pounds sterling."
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Wire as a verb:
To make someone tense or psyched up.
Examples:
"I'm never going to sleep: I'm completely wired from all that coffee."
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Wire as a verb (slang):
To install eavesdropping equipment.
Examples:
"We wired the suspect's house."
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Wire as a verb:
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
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Wire as a verb (transitive, croquet):
To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.