Hub vs. Hud — What's the Difference?

Boston, Massachusetts. Used with the.

A huck or hull, as of a nut.

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

A huck or hull, as of a nut.

A center of activity or interest; a focal point

The United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965

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

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

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

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

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

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

(US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.

(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;