The difference between Cord and Rope
When used as nouns, cord means a long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example), whereas rope means thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
When used as verbs, cord means to furnish with cords, whereas rope means to tie (something) with something.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cord and Rope
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Cord as a noun:
A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
Examples:
"The burglar tied up the victim with a cord."
"He looped some cord around his fingers."
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Cord as a noun:
A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ( vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
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Cord as a noun:
A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
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Cord as a noun (figuratively):
Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
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Cord as a noun (anatomy):
Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
Examples:
"spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords"
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Cord as a noun:
musical sense.
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Cord as a noun:
a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
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Cord as a verb:
To furnish with cords
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Cord as a verb:
To tie or fasten with cords
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Cord as a verb:
To flatten a book during binding
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Cord as a verb:
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
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Rope as a noun (uncountable):
Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
Examples:
"Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers."
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Rope as a noun (countable):
An individual length of such material.
Examples:
"The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes."
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Rope as a noun:
A cohesive strand of something.
Examples:
"The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée."
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Rope as a noun (dated):
A continuous stream.
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Rope as a noun (baseball):
A hard line drive.
Examples:
"He hit a rope past third and into the corner."
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Rope as a noun (ceramics):
A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
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Rope as a noun (computer science):
A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
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Rope as a noun (Jainism):
A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
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Rope as a noun (jewelry):
A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.
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Rope as a noun (nautical):
Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
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Rope as a noun (archaic):
A unit of length equal to 20 feet.
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Rope as a noun (slang):
Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.
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Rope as a noun (slang, vulgar):
A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.
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Rope as a noun (in the plural):
The small intestines.
Examples:
"the ropes of birds"
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Rope as a verb (transitive):
To tie (something) with something.
Examples:
"The robber roped the victims."
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Rope as a verb (transitive):
To throw a rope around (something).
Examples:
"The cowboy roped the calf."
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Rope as a verb (intransitive):
To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
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Rope as a verb (slang):
To commit suicide.
Examples:
"My life is a mess, I might as well rope."
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