Tire vs. Tyre — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Tire and Tyre
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Definitions
Tire➦
A tire (American English) or tyre (British English) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over which the wheel travels. Most tires, such as those for automobiles and bicycles, are pneumatically inflated structures, which also provide a flexible cushion that absorbs shock as the tire rolls over rough features on the surface.
Tyre➦
A port on the Mediterranean in southern Lebanon; population 41,800 (est. 2009). Founded in the 2nd millennium BC as a colony of Sidon, it was for centuries a Phoenician port and trading centre.
Tire➦
Feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep
Soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire
The training tired us out
The journey had tired her
Tyre➦
Variant of tire2.
Tire➦
Lose interest in; become bored with
The media will tire of publicizing every protest
The proof of a great story is that people never tire of retelling it
Tyre➦
The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
Pneumatic tyres
Runflat tyres
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Tire➦
US spelling of tyre
Tyre➦
The metal#Adjective rim, or metal covering on a rim, of a (wooden or metal) wheel, usually of steel or formerly wrought iron, as found on (horse-drawn or railway) carriages and wagons and on locomotives.
Iron tyres for the coach and iron shoes for the horse
Tyres and rails of steel, and every axle with roller bearings
Tire➦
To lose energy or strength; grow weary
When you're sick, you tend to tire easily.
Tyre➦
(India) Curdled milk.
Tire➦
To grow bored or impatient
The audience tired after the first 30 minutes of the movie.
Tyre➦
Attire.
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Tire➦
To diminish the energy or strength; fatigue
The long walk tired me.
Tyre➦
(transitive) To fit tyres to (a vehicle).
Tire➦
To exhaust the interest or patience of.
Tyre➦
To adorn.
Tire➦
To adorn or attire.
Tyre➦
Curdled milk.
Tire➦
A covering for a wheel, usually made of rubber reinforced with cords of nylon, fiberglass, or other material and filled with compressed air.
Tyre➦
Attire. See 2d and 3d Tire.
Tire➦
A hoop of metal or rubber fitted around a wheel.
Tyre➦
To prey upon. See 4th Tire.
Tire➦
Attire.
Tyre➦
A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
Tire➦
A headband or headdress.
Tyre➦
Hoop that covers a wheel;
Automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air
Tire➦
(intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
Tire➦
(transitive) To make sleepy or weary.
Tire➦
(intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).
I tire of this book.
Tire➦
(transitive) To bore.
Tire➦
To dress or adorn.
Tire➦
(obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
Tire➦
(obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
Tire➦
Alternative spelling of tyre#Etymology 1: The rubber covering on a wheel.
Tire➦
(American spelling) tyre#Etymology 1: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
Tire➦
A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
Tire➦
(obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
Tire➦
(obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
Tire➦
A covering for the head; a headdress.
Tire➦
A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.
In posture to displode their second tireOf thunder.
Tire➦
Attire; apparel.
Tire➦
A covering for the head; a headdress.
On her head she wore a tire of gold.
Tire➦
A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
Tire➦
Furniture; apparatus; equipment.
Tire➦
A ring, hoop or band, as of rubber or metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear. In Britain, spelled tyre.
Tire➦
To adorn; to attire; to dress.
[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head.
Tire➦
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast,Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone.
Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men,That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits.
Tire➦
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
Thus made she her remove,And left wrath tiring on her son.
Upon that were my thoughts tiring.
Tire➦
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.
Tire➦
To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade.
Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past.
Tire➦
Hoop that covers a wheel;
Automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air
Tire➦
Get tired of something or somebody
Tire➦
Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
We wore ourselves out on this hike
Tire➦
Deplete;
Exhaust one's savings
We quickly played out our strength
Tire➦
Cause to be bored