Cable vs. Rope

Cablenoun

(material) A long object used to make a physical connection.

Ropenoun

(uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. t

‘Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.’;

Cablenoun

A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.

Ropenoun

(countable) An individual length of such material.

‘The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.’;

Cablenoun

An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.

Ropenoun

A cohesive strand of something.

Cablenoun

An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.

Ropenoun

(dated) A continuous stream.

Cablenoun

(nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.

Ropenoun

(baseball) A hard line drive.

‘He hit a rope past third and into the corner.’;

Cablenoun

(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.

‘I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.’;

Ropenoun

(ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.

Cablenoun

Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.

Ropenoun

(computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.

Cablenoun

A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.

Ropenoun

(Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.s

Cablenoun

(nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.

Ropenoun

(jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.

Cablenoun

100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.

Ropenoun

(nautical) Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.

Cablenoun

(finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.

Ropenoun

(archaic) A unit of length equal to 20 feet.

Cablenoun

(architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.

Ropenoun

(slang) Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.

Cableverb

(transitive) To provide with cable(s)

Ropenoun

A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.

Cableverb

(transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)

Ropenoun

(in the plural) The small intestines.

‘the ropes of birds’;

Cableverb

(transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable

Ropeverb

(transitive) To tie (something) with something.

‘The robber roped the victims.’;

Cableverb

(transitive) To send a telegram by cable

Ropeverb

(transitive) To throw a rope around (something).

‘The cowboy roped the calf.’;

Cableverb

(intransitive) To communicate by cable

Ropeverb

(intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.

Cableverb

To ornament with cabling.

Ropeverb

(slang) To commit suicide

‘My life is a mess, I might as well rope.’;

Cablenoun

A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.

Ropenoun

A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.

Cablenoun

A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.

Ropenoun

A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.

Cablenoun

A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; - called also cable molding.

Ropenoun

The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.

Cableverb

To fasten with a cable.

Ropeverb

To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.

‘Let us not hang like ropingiciclesUpon our houses' thatch.’;

Cableverb

To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.

Ropeverb

To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.

Cableverb

To telegraph by a submarine cable

Ropeverb

To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.

Cablenoun

a telegram sent abroad

Ropeverb

To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.

Cablenoun

a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

Ropeverb

To lasso (a steer, horse).

Cablenoun

a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire

Ropeverb

To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.

Cablenoun

a nautical unit of depth

Ropeverb

To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.

Cablenoun

television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver

Ropenoun

a strong line

Cablenoun

a television system transmitted over cables

Ropenoun

street names for flunitrazepan

Cableverb

send cables, wires, or telegrams

Ropeverb

catch with a lasso;

‘rope cows’;

Cableverb

fasten with a cable;

‘cable trees’;

Ropeverb

fasten with a rope;

‘rope the bag securely’;

Rope

A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibers or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength and so can be used for dragging and lifting.