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Yes -- I don't even know why I had the word kettle in my head.

• war1025 7y ago
  I knew what you meant and didn't even consider that it was the wrong name, for what it's worth. Kettle and teapot are synonyms as far as I'm concerned.
  • jfengel 7y ago
    Kettles go on the stove (or have a built in heater), and are used for boiling water. You pour the boiling water into a teapot, usually made of ceramic, which holds the tea leaves. Not that it's important, but now ya know.
  • bmn__ 7y ago
    These are different equipment. A kettle is used for heating water. In earlier times, it was made out of metal and put onto a heat source (fire, stovetop). Nowadays it is almost entirely displaced by the electric kettle, which is commonly made out of plastic and contains a metal heating plate or spiral on the inside. A teapot is a ceramic pitcher where you put the boiling water and tea leaves to brew the tea.
    • scott_s 7y ago
      Earlier-time kettles may be more common than you think.
      • war1025 7y ago
        Either way, a water kettle is super useful, often surprisingly so. Definitely a kitchen gadget I'd recommend to anyone.
  • DonHopkins 7y ago
    They're both called black. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pot,_meet_kettle https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pot,_meet_kettle https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pot_calling_the_kettle_black#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pot_calling_the_kettle_black#...