centre vs hub
hub vs centrecentre and hub both are nouns.
centre is an adjective but hub is not an adjective.
centre is a verb but hub is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| centre | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| hub | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
hub is a hyponym of
centre; that is, hub is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
centre:
- centre: an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- hub: a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve
Other hyponyms of centre include
center stage, centre stage, central city, city center, city centre, storm center, storm centre, financial center, inner city, medical center, midfield, seat, midstream.
| centre (noun) | hub (noun) |
|---|---|
| a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game | the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes |
| (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play | a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve |
| the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game | |
| a building dedicated to a particular activity | |
| the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | |
| mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | |
| a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process | |
| the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | |
| the object upon which interest and attention focuses | |
| the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering | |
| politically moderate persons; centrists | |
| the middle of a military or naval formation | |
| a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | |
| an area that is approximately central within some larger region | |
| a place where some particular activity is concentrated | |
| (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback | |
| (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team | |
| (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team |
| centre (adjective) | hub (adjective) |
|---|---|
| of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually | |
| equally distant from the extremes |
| centre (verb) | hub (verb) |
|---|---|
| direct one's attention on something | |
| move into the center | |
| center upon |
Words related to "centre"
- Australian spelling
- Bill Russell
- British spelling
- Broca's area
- Broca's center
- Broca's convolution
- Broca's gyrus
- Canadian spelling
- City of London
- Russell
- Wernicke's area
- Wernicke's center
- William Felton Russell
- absorb
- area
- armed forces
- armed services
- auditory center
- bare bones
- basketball
- basketball game
- basketball player
- basketball team
- basketeer
- bear on
- bight
- bowels
- building
- bull
- bull's eye
- burn center
- cager
- call center
- call centre
- capital
- center
- center field
- center of attention
- center of curvature
- center of gravity
- center of mass
- center on
- center stage
- centerfield
- central
- central city
- centre of attention
- centre of curvature
- centre of gravity
- centre of mass
- centre stage
- centrist
- cerebrate
- chocolate candy
- city center
- city centre
- civic center
- class
- cogitate
- cognitive content
- come to
- community center
- concentrate
- concentrate on
- concern
- confection
- conference center
- conference house
- content
- control center
- conversation piece
- convolution of Broca
- core
- country
- crosshairs
- cynosure
- displace
- edifice
- eleven
- engross
- engulf
- essence
- eye
- eye-catcher
- financial center
- five
- focus
- focus on
- food court
- football
- football game
- football team
- formation
- gist
- haecceity
- halfway
- have to do with
- hear
- heart
- heart and soul
- hockey
- hockey game
- hockey player
- hockey team
- hoops
- hub
- hypostasis
- ice hockey
- ice-hockey player
- immerse
- inferior colliculus
- inner city
- inwardness
- kernel
- lineman
- listen
- mall
- marrow
- meat
- medical center
- mental object
- mercantile establishment
- middle
- middle of the roader
- middle-of-the-road
- midfield
- midpoint
- midstream
- midway
- military
- military machine
- moderate
- moderationist
- move
- navel
- navel point
- nerve center
- nerve centre
- neural structure
- nitty-gritty
- nombril
- nub
- nucleus
- object
- olfactory brain
- outfield
- outlet
- parcel
- parcel of land
- pertain
- piece of ground
- piece of land
- pith
- place
- plaza
- plunge
- point
- pore
- position
- property
- quiddity
- quintessence
- recall
- refer
- relate
- research center
- research facility
- respiratory center
- retail store
- revolve about
- revolve around
- rhinencephalon
- rivet
- sales outlet
- seat
- service club
- settlement house
- shopping center
- shopping centre
- shopping mall
- snapper
- soak up
- social class
- socio-economic class
- steep
- storm center
- storm centre
- stratum
- student center
- stuff
- substance
- sum
- superior colliculus
- sweet
- take heed
- the City
- think
- touch
- touch on
- tract
- war machine
- zoom in
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