The difference between Telegraph and Wire
When used as nouns, telegraph means an apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means, 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, telegraph means to send a message by telegraph, whereas wire means to fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
check bellow for the other definitions of Telegraph and Wire
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Telegraph as a noun (historical):
An apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means.
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Telegraph as a verb:
To send a message by telegraph
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Telegraph as a verb:
To give nonverbal signals to another, as with gestures or a change in attitude.
Examples:
"Her frown telegraphed her displeasure."
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Telegraph as a verb:
To show one's intended action unintentionally.
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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.