Difference between Spool and Bobbin

What is the difference between Spool and Bobbin?

Spool as a noun is a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle. while Bobbin as a noun is a spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.

Spool

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle. A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To send files to some device or program (a "spooler" or demon) that puts them in a queue for later processing of some kind. Without qualification, the spooler is the "print spooler" controlling output of jobs to a printer; but the term has been used in connection with other peripherals (especially plotters and graphics devices) and occasionally even for input devices.

Bobbin

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.

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