Not really, as in this case a cordless and wireless scanner is considered one and the same. And the only definable way to differentiate the two is that wireless scanners do not have wires and a cordless scanner has no cords. By no cords I mean, it doesn't have cords which may connect the device to a power supplying source. Either which way a wireless or cordless barcode scanner is considered better than a normal or wired scanner. As the wired ones are restrictive and not portable.