Kettle vs. Teapot — What's the Difference?

A kettle, sometimes called a tea kettle or teakettle, is a type of pot specialized for boiling water, with a lid, spout, and handle, or a small kitchen appliance of similar shape that functions in a self-contained manner. Kettles can be heated either by placing on a stove, or by their own internal electric heating element in the appliance versions.

A teapot is a vessel used for steeping tea leaves or a herbal mix in boiling or near-boiling water, and for serving the resulting infusion which is called tea. Dry tea is available either in tea bags or as loose tea, in which case a tea infuser or tea strainer may be of some assistance, either to hold the leaves as they steep or to catch the leaves inside the teapot when the tea is poured.

A container or device in which water is boiled, having a lid, spout, and handle.

A pot with a handle, spout, and lid, in which tea is brewed and from which it is poured.

A small area in which demonstrators or protesters are confined by police seeking to maintain order during a demonstration

A covered pot with a spout in which tea is steeped and from which it is served.

(of the police) confine (a group of demonstrators or protesters) to a small area, as a method of crowd control during a demonstration

A vessel for brewing and serving tea.

A metal pot, usually with a lid, for boiling or stewing.

A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.

A teakettle.

Pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle

(Music) A kettledrum.

(Geology) A depression left in a mass of glacial drift, formed by the melting of an isolated block of glacial ice.

A pothole.

A group of flying raptors, especially when ascending in a rising current of warm air.

To fly on a rising current of warm air. Used of birds

Chiefly British To confine or corral (a group of people) to an enclosed area as a means of crowd control

A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.

The quantity held by a kettle.

A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.

(geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.

A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.

A steam locomotive

(musical instruments) A kettledrum.

An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.

To contain demonstrators in a confined area.

(intransitive) Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault.

A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.

A metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

The quantity a kettle will hold

(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it