Do you have a gas stove or an electric range in your house or apartment? Why is a stove sometimes called a range?

Despite the difference in the wording, I have never heard a kitchen range hood being called a kitchen stove hood.

I think it all has to do with marketing and nothing else. Back when I was young, I heard advertisers call the kitchen stove an electric range and I could never figure out why. Could it be that advertisers and retailers wanted to make sure consumers knew what they were getting?

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