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Station vs. Hub — What's the Difference?

Station vs. Hub — What's the Difference?

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Station

A place on a railway line where trains regularly stop so that passengers can get on or off
We walked back to the station and caught the train back to Brussels
Paddington Station

Hub

Boston, Massachusetts. Used with the.

Station

A place or building where a specified activity or service is based
A research station in the rainforest
Coastal radar stations

Hub

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

Station

A company involved in broadcasting of a specified kind
A radio station
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Hub

A center of activity or interest; a focal point
Hollywood is the hub of the US movie industry.

Station

The place where someone or something stands or is placed on military or other duty
The lookout resumed his station in the bow

Hub

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

Station

A site at which a particular species, especially an interesting or rare one, grows or is found.

Hub

A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
Hong Kong International Airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.

Station

Short for Stations of the Cross

Hub

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

Station

Put in or assign to a specified place for a particular purpose, especially a military one
A young girl had stationed herself by the door
Troops were stationed in the town

Hub

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

Station

A place or position where a person or thing stands or is assigned to stand; a post
A sentry station.

Hub

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

Station

An area where a person is assigned to work.

Hub

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

Station

The place, building, or establishment from which a service is provided or operations are directed
A police station.

Hub

(US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
A hub in the road

Station

A stopping place along a route, especially a stop for refueling or for taking on passengers; a depot.

Hub

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

Station

Australian & New Zealand A large ranch on which livestock, especially cattle or sheep, are raised.

Hub

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

Station

Social position; rank
"He was degraded in their eyes.
He had lost caste and station before the very paupers" (Charles Dickens).

Hub

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

Station

An establishment equipped for observation and study
A radar station.
A biological field station.

Hub

A screw hob.

Station

An establishment equipped for radio or television transmission.

Hub

A block for scotching a wheel.

Station

One that broadcasts radio or television transmissions
The views in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the station.

Hub

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

Station

A frequency assigned to a broadcaster.

Hub

The hilt of a weapon.

Station

An input or output point along a communications system.

Hub

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

Station

A precise point from which measurements in surveying are made.

Hub

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

Station

(Ecology) A sampling location
Differences in species diversity between upstream and downstream stations.

Hub

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

Station

Station Roman Catholic Church Any of the Stations of the Cross.

Hub

A screw hob. See Hob, 3.

Station

One of a series of holy places visited by pilgrims as a ritual devotion.

Hub

A block for scotching a wheel.

Station

To assign to a position; post.

Hub

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

Station

A stopping place.

Hub

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.

Station

A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
The next station is Esperanza.

Hub

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

Station

A ground transportation depot.
It's right across from the bus station.

Hub

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

Station

A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
From my station at the front door, I greeted every visitor.
All ships are on station, Admiral.

Hub

A center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve;
The playground is the hub of parental supervision
The airport is the economic hub of the area

Station

A place where some object is provided.
Collect a knife and fork from the cutlery station on the way to your table.

Station

(US) A gas station, service station.

Station

A place where workers are stationed.

Station

An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
The police station is opposite the fire station.

Station

A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
The waitress was at her station preparing three checks.

Station

A military base.
She had a boyfriend at the station.

Station

A place used for broadcasting radio or television.
I used to work at a radio station.

Station

A very large sheep or cattle farm.

Station

(historical) In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.

Station

(Christianity) Any of the Stations of the Cross.

Station

(Christianity) The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.

Station

(Christianity) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.

Station

Standing; rank; position.
She had ambitions beyond her station.

Station

A broadcasting entity.
I used to listen to that radio station.

Station

(Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.

Station

(surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.

Station

The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.

Station

(mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.

Station

Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.

Station

(medicine) The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.

Station

(obsolete) The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.

Station

(astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.

Station

(usually passive) To put in place to perform a task.
The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.
I was stationed on the pier.

Station

To put in place to perform military duty.
They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.
I was stationed at Fort Richie.

Station

The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.
A station like the herald, Mercury.
Their manner was to stand at prayer, whereupon their meetings unto that purpose . . . had the names of stations given them.

Station

A state of standing or rest; equilibrium.
All progression is performed by drawing on or impelling forward some part which was before in station, or at quiet.

Station

The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel.

Station

Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
By spending this day [Sunday] in religious exercises, we acquire new strength and resolution to perform God's will in our several stations the week following.

Station

Situation; position; location.
The fig and date - why love they to remainIn middle station, and an even plain?

Station

State; rank; condition of life; social status.
The greater part have kept, I see,Their station.
They in France of the best rank and station.

Station

The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.

Station

In Australia, a sheep run or cattle run, together with the buildings belonging to it; also, the homestead and buildings belonging to such a run.

Station

To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coast of Africa.
He gained the brow of the hill, where the English phalanx was stationed.

Station

A facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose;
He started looking for a gas station
The train pulled into the station

Station

Proper or designated social situation;
He overstepped his place
The responsibilities of a man in his station
Married above her station

Station

(nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty

Station

The position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand;
A soldier manned the entrance post
A sentry station

Station

Assign to a station

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