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Hookah vs Bong - What's the difference?

hookah | bong |

As nouns the difference between hookah and bong

is that hookah is a pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored while bong is a clang of a large bell.

As a verb bong is

to pull a bell.

hookah

English

(wikipedia hookah)

Alternative forms

* hukkah * hooka

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.
  • * 1831 , The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction :
  • In India, the lower orders use a hookah or hubble bubble, which is made of a cocoa-nut shell well cleaned out, having a hole through the soft eye of the shell, and another on the opposite side, a little lower down, the first of which is used for the chauffoir, and the other to suck or draw the smoke from.
  • * 1954 , Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur , chapter 18:
  • The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah .
  • * 1960 , , To Kill a Mockingbird , chapter 9:
  • When Uncle Jack caught me, he kept me laughing about a preacher who hated going to church so much that every day he stood at his gate in his dressing-gown, smoking a hookah and delivering five-minute sermons to any passers-by who desired spiritual comfort.

    Synonyms

    * waterpipe * hubble-bubble * hubbly bubbly * narghile * shisha

    bong

    English

    Etymology 1

    Onomatopoeia

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A clang of a large bell.
  • Door bell chimes.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to pull a bell.
  • to ring a doorbell.
  • Etymology 2

    (bong) From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances; especially marijuana or pot.
  • A device for rapidly consuming beer, usually consisting of a funnel or reservoir of beer and a length of tubing.
  • Synonyms
    * (vessel for smoking) bucket bong, water pipe * (device for consuming beer) beer bong
    Derived terms
    * beer bong * bong hit * bongwater * bucket bong * gravity bong
    See also
    * hookah * hubbly bubbly * narghile * pipe * shisha

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A very wide piton.
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