Bobbin vs. Coil — What's the Difference?

A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which wire, yarn, thread or film is wound. Bobbins are typically found in sewing machines, cameras, and within electronic equipment.

A series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding

A spool or reel that holds thread or yarn for spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, or making lace.

An individual spiral or ring within such a series.

Narrow braid formerly used as trimming.

A spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes, as in a radiator.

A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.

A wound spiral of two or more turns of insulated wire, used to introduce inductance into a circuit.

In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.

Any of various devices of which such a spiral is the major component.

The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.

A roll of postage stamps prepared for use in a vending machine.

(haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.

A disturbance; a fuss.

A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension.

To wind in concentric rings or spirals.

A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc.

To wind into a shape resembling a coil.

The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.

To form concentric rings or spirals.

A fine cord or narrow braid.

To move in a spiral course

A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current.

Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.

A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.

(electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.

A cylinder of clay.

(figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.

A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.

To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.

To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.

To wind cylindrically or spirally.

To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.

To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.

To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.

To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; - often with about or around.

A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.

Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.

A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.

A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.

A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops;

A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles

A transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine

A contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb

Tubing that is wound in a spiral

Reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit

To wind or move in a spiral course;

Make without a potter's wheel;

Wind around something in coils or loops