Remote vs. Wireless — What's the Difference?

Located far away; distant in space.

Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information between two or more points that do not use an electrical conductor as a medium by which to perform the transfer. The most common wireless technologies use radio waves.

Hidden away; secluded

Having no wires.

Distant in time

Of or relating to communication by transmitting electromagnetic signals through the air

Faint; slight

Chiefly British Of or relating to radio or communication by radiotelegraphy or radiotelephony.

Far removed in connection or relevance

A radio telegraph or radiotelephone system.

Distantly related by blood or marriage

A message transmitted by wireless telegraph or telephone.

Distant in manner; aloof.

Chiefly British Radio.

Operating or controlled from a distance

To communicate with or send communications by wireless.

(Computers) Located at a distance from another computer that is accessible by cables or other communications links

Not having any wires.

A radio or television broadcast originating from a point outside a studio.

Of or relating to communication without a wired connection, such as by radio waves.

A remote control device.

(uncountable) The medium of radio communication.

At a distance; disconnected.

Wireless connectivity to a computer network.

Distant or otherwise inaccessible.

A radio set.

(especially with respect to likelihood) Slight.

To send a message by wireless (by radio)

Emotionally detached.

Having no wire;

Ellipsis of remote control

Short for Wireless telegraphy, Wireless telephony, etc.; as, to send a message by wireless.

(broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.

Medium for communication

(computing) To connect to a computer from a remote location.

Transmission by radio waves

Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; - said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.

An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals

Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; - in various figurative uses.

A communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves

Separated by intervals greater than usual.

Having no wires;

A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance;

Far distant in space;

Very unlikely;

Far distant in time;

Inaccessible and sparsely populated

Far apart in nature;