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Stovetop vs. Hob — What's the Difference?

Stovetop vs. Hob — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Stovetop and Hob

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Stovetop

The top surface of a stove, especially when used for cooking.

Hob

A shelf or projection at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food or utensils warm.

Stovetop

Used, prepared, or done on the top of a cooking stove
A stovetop casserole.
Stovetop cooking.

Hob

A tool used for cutting the teeth of machine parts, as of a gearwheel.

Stovetop

The top of a stove; usually specifically the burners.
You make this on the stovetop, not in the oven.
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Hob

Chiefly British A hobgoblin, sprite, or elf.

Hob

Mischievous behavior.

Hob

A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.

Hob

(historical) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.

Hob

The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.

Hob

A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.

Hob

A male ferret.

Hob

The hub of a wheel.

Hob

(obsolete) A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey.

Hob

(obsolete) A countryman; a rustic or yokel.

Hob

(transitive) To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.

Hob

(intransitive) To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.

Hob

The hub of a wheel. See Hub.

Hob

The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.

Hob

A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.

Hob

A peg, pin, or mark used as a target in some games, as an iron pin in quoits; also, a game in which such a target is used.

Hob

A fairy; a sprite; an elf.
From elves, hobs, and fairies, . . . Defend us, good Heaven !

Hob

A countryman; a rustic; a clown.

Hob

The male ferret.

Hob

(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings

Hob

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

Hob

A hard steel edge tool used to cut gears

Hob

A shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm

Hob

Cut with a hob

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