The difference between Rewire and Wire
When used as verbs, rewire means to replace or reconnect the wires of a device or installation, whereas wire means to fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
Wire is also noun with the meaning: metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
check bellow for the other definitions of Rewire and Wire
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Rewire as a verb:
To replace or reconnect the wires of a device or installation.
Examples:
"I had to rewire the circuit where the old wires had shorted out."
"The electrician said that we couldn't add a new outlet without rewiring."
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Rewire as a verb:
To change the functionality of something by altering the parameters or logic.
Examples:
"When our companies merged, I rewired our payment processing system to handle their invoices as well."
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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.