The difference between Cooktop and Hob

When used as nouns, cooktop means an assembly of burners for cooking, designed to fit onto a surface such as the top of a table, whereas hob means a kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.


Hob is also verb with the meaning: to create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cooktop and Hob

  1. Cooktop as a noun:

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

  1. Hob as a noun:

    A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.

  2. Hob as a noun (historical):

    The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Smart"

  3. Hob as a noun (British, AU, NZ):

    The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.

  4. Hob as a noun:

    A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.

  5. Hob as a noun:

    A male ferret.

  6. Hob as a noun:

    The hub of a wheel.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Washington"

  1. Hob as a verb (transitive):

    To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.

  2. Hob as a verb (intransitive):

    To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.

  1. Hob as a noun (obsolete):

    A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey.

  2. Hob as a noun (obsolete):

    A countryman; a rustic or yokel.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Nares"

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