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Hub vs Pub - What's the difference?

hub | pub |

As nouns the difference between hub and pub

is that hub is the central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave while pub is a public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing.

As a verb pub is

to go to one or more public houses.

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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
  • (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

    Anagrams

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    pub

    English

    Etymology 1

    Short form of public, from public house

    Noun

    (wikipedia pub) (en noun)
  • A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub .}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * gastropub * pub crawl * pub quiz * superpub

    Verb

    (pubb)
  • To go to one or more public houses.

    • See also

    * inn * off-license * tavern

    Etymology 2

    (en) of (publication)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A publication.
    • registered pubs

    Etymology 3

    (en) of (publish)

    Verb

    (pubb)
  • (informal) to publish
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