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Bobbin vs Bobbing - What's the difference?

bobbin | bobbing |

As nouns the difference between bobbin and bobbing

is that bobbin is a spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled while bobbing is the motion of something that bobs.

As a verb bobbing is

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bobbin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
  • * Jan. 8, 2004 , Machine Design Magazine , p. 108
    • Ignition coils using a bobbin molded from high-performance polyester withstand open-circuit bench tests to 70kV.
  • In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
    • Wind the bobbin , place it in the machine, and raise the thread.
  • The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
  • (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.

    • Derived terms

    * bobbin-and-fly frame * bobbin lace * bobbinless * bobbinlike

    bobbing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The motion of something that bobs.