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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In the general tech vernacular

* Tethering is hooking up one device to a phone, via a USB cable, and that one device using the phones connection to access the internet.

* A Hotspot it turning your phone into a temporary wifi router than multiple devices can connect to over wifi to use the phones connection to access the internet