Cord vs. Code — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Cord and Code
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Definitions
Cord➦
A slender length of flexible material usually made of twisted strands or fibers and used to bind, tie, connect, or support. See Usage Note at chord1.
Code➦
In communications and information processing, code is a system of rules to convert information—such as a letter, word, sound, image, or gesture—into another form, sometimes shortened or secret, for communication through a communication channel or storage in a storage medium. An early example is an invention of language, which enabled a person, through speech, to communicate what they thought, saw, heard, or felt to others.
Cord➦
An insulated flexible electric wire fitted with a plug or plugs.
Code➦
A system of words, letters, figures, or symbols used to represent others, especially for the purposes of secrecy
The Americans cracked their diplomatic code
Messages written in code
Cord➦
A hangman's rope.
Code➦
Program instructions
Assembly code
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Cord➦
An influence, feeling, or force that binds or restrains; a bond or tie.
Code➦
A systematic collection of laws or statutes
A revision of the penal code
Cord➦
Also chord(Anatomy)A long ropelike structure, such as a nerve or tendon
A spinal cord.
Code➦
Convert (the words of a message) into a code so as to convey a secret meaning
Only Mitch knew how to read the message—even the name was coded
Cord➦
A raised rib on the surface of cloth.
Code➦
Write code for (a computer program)
Most developers code C + + like C
I no longer actively code in PHP
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Cord➦
A fabric or cloth with such ribs.
Code➦
Be the genetic code for (an amino acid or protein)
Genes that code for human growth hormone
Cord➦
Cords Pants made of corduroy.
Code➦
A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages.
Cord➦
A unit of quantity for cut fuel wood, equal to a stack measuring 4 × 4 × 8 feet or 128 cubic feet (3.62 cubic meters).
Code➦
A system of symbols, letters, or words given certain arbitrary meanings, used for transmitting messages requiring secrecy or brevity.
Cord➦
To fasten or bind with a cord
Corded the stack of old newspapers and placed them in the recycling bin.
Code➦
An access code.
Cord➦
To furnish with a cord.
Code➦
A special command, such as a sequence of keystrokes, that allows a user to activate a hidden or accidental feature in a computer program or video game.
Cord➦
To pile (wood) in cords.
Code➦
The information that constitutes a specific computer program.
Cord➦
A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); uncountable such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.
He looped some cord around his fingers.
Code➦
A system of symbols and rules that serve as instructions for a computer.
Cord➦
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 (US vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
Code➦
(Genetics) The genetic code.
Cord➦
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.
Code➦
A systematically arranged and comprehensive collection of laws.
Cord➦
(figuratively) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
Code➦
A systematic collection of regulations or rules of procedure or conduct
A building code.
Cord➦
(anatomy) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
Spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords
Code➦
(Medicine) Code blue.
Cord➦
Dated form of chord: musical sense.
Code➦
(Slang) A patient whose heart has stopped beating, as in cardiac arrest.
Cord➦
Misspelling of chord: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
Code➦
To convert (a message, for example) into code.
Cord➦
To furnish with cords
Code➦
To systematize and arrange (laws and regulations) into a code.
Cord➦
To tie or fasten with cords
Code➦
To assign a code to (something) for identification or classification
Coded each response to the survey by age and gender.
Cord➦
To flatten a book during binding
Code➦
To express or convey (words) in a manner that implies a different meaning
A novel that codes references to a character's sexuality in descriptions of clothing.
Cord➦
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
Code➦
To specify the genetic code for an amino acid or a polypeptide
A gene that codes for an enzyme.
Cord➦
A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
Code➦
To specify the genetic code for a trait or characteristic
A gene that codes for red hair.
Cord➦
A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; - originally measured with a cord or line.
Code➦
(Computers) To write or revise a computer program.
Cord➦
Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.
The knots that tangle human creeds,The wounding cords that bind and strainThe heart until it bleeds.
Code➦
(Slang) To go into cardiac arrest.
Cord➦
Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
Code➦
A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.
Cord➦
See Chord.
Code➦
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
Cord➦
To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
Code➦
Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.
The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals.
Cord➦
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
Code➦
A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
Cord➦
A line made of twisted fibers or threads;
The bundle was tied with a cord
Code➦
By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.
The ASCII code of "A" is 65.
Cord➦
A unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet
Code➦
A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
Cord➦
A light insulated conductor for household use
Code➦
(cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
Cord➦
A cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
Code➦
Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
Object-oriented C++ code is easier to understand for a human than C code.
I wrote some code to reformat text documents.
This HTML code may be placed on your web page.
Cord➦
Stack in cords;
Cord firewood
Code➦
(scientific programming) A program.
Cord➦
Bind or tie with a cord
Code➦
(linguistics) A particular lect or language variety.
Code➦
(medicine) An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
Code➦
(informal) A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group.
Girl code
Code➦
(computing) To write software programs.
I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.
Code➦
To add codes to a dataset.
Code➦
To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
Code➦
(cryptography) To encode.
We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.
Code➦
To encode a protein.
Code➦
(medicine) To call a hospital emergency code.
Coding in the CT scanner
Code➦
To go into a state where a hospital emergency code is required to save one's life.
He coded out of nowhere
Code➦
(medicine) Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency a code blue such as cardiac arrest.
Code➦
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
Code➦
Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals.
Code➦
A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
Code➦
A coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
Code➦
(computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
Code➦
Attach a code to;
Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later
Code➦
Convert ordinary language into code;
We should encode the message for security reasons