Bub vs. Hub — What's the Difference?

Used as a term of familiar address, especially for a man or boy

Boston, Massachusetts. Used with the.

An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.

The center part of a wheel, fan, or propeller.

(slang) A woman's breast.

A center of activity or interest; a focal point

A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.

A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.

A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.

Clipping of bubble

A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.

(slang) bubbly; champagne.

(networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.

(obsolete) To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.

(surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.

Strong malt liquor.

A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.

A young brother; a little boy; - a familiar term of address of a small boy.

(US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.

To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.

(video games) An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.

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.

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

The hilt of a weapon.

A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.

A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.

A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

A screw hob. See Hob, 3.

A block for scotching a wheel.

The central location within which activities tend to concentrate, or from which activities radiate outward; a focus of activity.

A large airport used as a central transfer station for an airline, permitting economic air transportation between remote locations by directing travellers through the hub, often changing planes at the hub, and thus keeping the seat occupancy rate on the airplanes high. The hub together with the feeder lines from remote locations constitute the so-called hub and spoke system of commercial air passenger transportation. A commercial airline may have more than one such hub.

The city of Boston, Massachusetts referred to locally by the nickname The Hub.

The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes

A center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve;