What’s the difference between using a hotspot and tethering?

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What’s the difference between using a hotspot and tethering?

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Hotspots use the same standards and protocols as a wireless router when connecting a device to the hotspot. Hotspots present themselves to devices as a Wifi router and work just like wifi routers.

Tethering is a shim that uses an application to bridge the network connection between two devices by acting as a USB network connection to the device and then using the application’s access to the network on the phone.