Difference between Rope and String

Rope

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. An individual length of such material. A cohesive strand of something. A continuous stream. A hard line drive. A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand. A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character. A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second. A necklace of at least 1 meter in length. Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage. A unit of length equal to 20 feet. Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To tie (something) with something. To throw a rope around (something).

String

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.Such a structure considered as a substance.Any long, thin and flexible object.A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.A series of items or events.A sequence of characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.A data type storing a sequence of data values, usually bytes, in which elements usually stand for characters according to a character encoding.An ordered sequence of symbols of a predetermined set or alphabet.A stringed instrument or the person playing that instrument.the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physicsA slang term for cannabis or marijuana

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put (items) on a string.To put strings on (something).

Example sentence: String theory has the potential to show that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe - from the frantic dance of subatomic quarks to the stately waltz of orbiting binary stars; from the primordial fireball of the big bang to the majestic swirl of heavenly galaxies - are reflections of one, grand physical principle, one master equation.