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Cooktop vs Hooktop - What's the difference?

cooktop | hooktop |

As a noun cooktop

is an assembly of burners for cooking, designed to fit onto a surface such as the top of a table.

As an adjective hooktop is

(typography) having a hook-like element at the top, as in some phonetic symbols such as Ɓ ("hooktop b").

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

    hooktop

    English

    Adjective

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  • (typography) Having a hook-like element at the top, as in some phonetic symbols such as ? ("hooktop B").