What is the difference between spool and bobbin?
spool | bobbin |
A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
(computing) A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.
To wind on a spool or spools.
(computing) To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).
A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
* Jan. 8, 2004 , Machine Design Magazine , p. 108
In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
(haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
As nouns the difference between spool and bobbin
is that spool is a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle while bobbin is a spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.As a verb spool
is to wind on a spool or spools.spool
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Noun
(en noun)- Ignition coils using a bobbin molded from high-performance polyester withstand open-circuit bench tests to 70kV.
- Wind the bobbin , place it in the machine, and raise the thread.