The difference between Hob and Range
When used as nouns, hob means a kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear, whereas range means a line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
When used as verbs, hob means to create (a gear) by cutting with a hob, whereas range means to travel (an area, etc).
check bellow for the other definitions of Hob and Range
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Hob as a noun:
A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
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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"
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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'.
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Hob as a noun:
A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.
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Hob as a noun:
A male ferret.
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Hob as a noun:
The hub of a wheel.
Examples:
"rfquotek Washington"
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Hob as a verb (transitive):
To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.
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Hob as a verb (intransitive):
To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.
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Hob as a noun (obsolete):
A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey.
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Hob as a noun (obsolete):
A countryman; a rustic or yokel.
Examples:
"rfquotek Nares"
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Range as a noun:
A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
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Range as a noun:
A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
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Range as a noun:
Selection, array.
Examples:
"We sell a wide range of cars."
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Range as a noun:
An area for practicing shooting at targets.
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Range as a noun:
An area for military training or equipment testing.
Examples:
"synonyms: base training area training ground"
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Range as a noun:
The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
Examples:
"We could see the ship at a range of five miles."
"One can use the speed of sound to estimate the range of a lightning flash."
"synonyms: distance radius"
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Range as a noun:
Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).
Examples:
"This missile's range is 500 kilometres."
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Range as a noun:
An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
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Range as a noun:
Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
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Range as a noun (mathematics):
The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
Examples:
"ant domain"
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Range as a noun (statistics):
The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
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Range as a noun (sports, baseball):
The defensive area that a player can cover.
Examples:
"Jones has good range for a big man."
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Range as a noun (music):
The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
Examples:
"synonyms: compass"
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Range as a noun (ecology):
The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
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Range as a noun (programming):
A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
Examples:
"<code>std::for_each</code> calls the given function on each value in the input range."
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Range as a noun:
An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
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Range as a noun (obsolete):
The step of a ladder; a rung.
Examples:
"rfquotek Clarendon"
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Range as a noun (obsolete, UK, dialect):
A bolting sieve to sift meal.
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Range as a noun:
A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
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Range as a noun (US, historical):
In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
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Range as a noun:
The scope of something, the extent which something covers or includes.
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Range as a noun:
The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
Examples:
"By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his range as an actor."
"By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his acting range."
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Range as a verb (intransitive):
To travel (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
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Range as a verb (transitive):
To rove over or through.
Examples:
"to range the fields"
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Range as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit , .
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Range as a verb (transitive):
To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
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Range as a verb (intransitive, mathematics, computing, followed by {{l, over):
}} Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
Examples:
"The variable'' x ''ranges over all [[real]] values from 0 to 10."
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Range as a verb (transitive):
To classify.
Examples:
"to range plants and animals in genera and species"
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Range as a verb (intransitive):
To form a line or a row.
Examples:
"The front of a house ranges with the street."
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Range as a verb (intransitive):
To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
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Range as a verb (transitive):
To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
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Range as a verb (transitive):
To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
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Range as a verb (biology):
To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
Examples:
"The peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay."
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Range as a verb:
To separate into parts; to sift.
Examples:
"rfquotek Holland"
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Range as a verb:
To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
Examples:
"to range the coast"
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Range as a verb (baseball):
Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.