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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