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Hui vs Hub - What's the difference?

hui | hub |

As nouns the difference between hui and hub

is that hui is a Māori social gathering or assembly while hub is the central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.

As a proper noun Hui

is an ethnic group of China, distinguished by their practice of Islam, who speak Mandarin (or Dungan in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia).

hui

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (New Zealand) A social gathering or assembly.
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    hub

    English

    (wikipedia hub)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
  • A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted.
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  • (computing) A computer networking device connecting several ethernet ports. See switch .
  • (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
  • A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
  • (obsolete) The hilt of a weapon.
    • (Halliwell)
  • (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
    • a hub in the road
  • A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
  • A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
  • A screw hob.
  • A block for scotching a wheel.

    • Derived terms

    * hubbed * hubbing

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