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Cooktop vs Hob - What's the difference?

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Hob is a synonym of cooktop.



As nouns the difference between cooktop and hob

is that cooktop is an assembly of burners for cooking, designed to fit onto a surface such as the top of a table while hob is a kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.

As a verb hob is

to create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.

As a proper noun Hob is

a nickname for Robin or Robert.

cooktop

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An assembly of burners for cooking, designed to fit onto a surface such as the top of a table
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    Synonyms

    * stovetop * hob * range

    hob

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
  • (obsolete) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
    • (Smart)
  • (British) The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.
  • *1913 , Lawrence, Sons and Lovers,
  • *:And the first sound in the house was the bang, bang of the poker against the raker, as Morel smashed the remainder of the coal to make the kettle, which was filled and left on the hob , finally boil.
  • A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits
  • A male ferret.
  • The hub of a wheel.
    • (Washington)
    Synonyms
    * (cooking surface) cooktop, stovetop, range (US)

    Verb

    (hobb) (Gear cutting) (Hobbing)
  • To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.
  • To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (Hob) (a diminutive of (Robin), an (etyl) diminutive of (Robert)), through its connection with Robin Goodfellow and (later) the devil. Compare (hobgoblin); see (robin).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) a fairy; a sprite; an elf
    • From elves, hobs , and fairies, Defend us, good Heaven! — Beaumont and Fletcher.
  • (label) a countryman; a rustic or yokel
    • (Nares)
    Derived terms
    * play hob with, raise hob

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