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

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.

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.

Earlier-time kettles may be more common than you think.

Either way, a water kettle is super useful, often surprisingly so.

Definitely a kitchen gadget I'd recommend to anyone.

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.

They're both called black.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pot,_meet_kettle

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pot_calling_the_kettle_black#...