Hub vs. Pub — What's the Difference?

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A pub (short for public house) is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term public house first appeared in the late 17th century, and was used to differentiate private houses from those which were, quite literally, open to the public as 'alehouses', 'taverns' and 'inns'.

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

A place of business serving beer or other alcoholic drinks and often basic meals.

A center of activity or interest; a focal point

A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.

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

A public server.

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

Clipping of publication

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

To go to one or more public houses.

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

To publish

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

Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

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;