barrel vs tubing
tubing vs barrelbarrel and tubing both are nouns.
barrel is a verb but tubing is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| barrel | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| tubing | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
tubing is a hypernym of
barrel; that is, tubing is a
word with a broader meaning than barrel:
- barrel: a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
- tubing: conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
Other hypernyms of barrel include
tube.
| barrel (noun) | tubing (noun) |
|---|---|
| a cylindrical container that holds liquids | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases |
| a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired | |
| any of various units of capacity | |
| the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold | |
| a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends |
| barrel (verb) | tubing (verb) |
|---|---|
| put in barrels |
Words related to "barrel"
- British capacity unit
- Imperial capacity unit
- Imperial gallon
- United States liquid unit
- barrelful
- bbl
- beer barrel
- beer keg
- breech
- bung
- butt
- cask
- congius
- containerful
- cylinder
- drum
- gal
- gallon
- gun
- gun barrel
- hogshead
- hoop
- keg
- lag
- lay
- pickle barrel
- place
- pose
- position
- put
- rear of barrel
- rear of tube
- ring
- set
- shook
- spigot
- spile
- stave
- tap
- tube
- tubing
- tun
- vessel
- wine barrel
- wine cask
Words related to "tubing"
- barrel
- blow tube
- blowgun
- blowpipe
- blowtube
- cannula
- capillary
- capillary tube
- capillary tubing
- catheter
- chromatography column
- cigarette holder
- coil
- column
- conduit
- drain
- drinking straw
- gun barrel
- hose
- hosepipe
- inner tube
- mouthpiece
- pea shooter
- pipage
- pipe
- piping
- silencer
- siphon
- speaking tube
- stem
- stent
- straw
- syphon
- test tube
- tobacco pipe
- torpedo tube
- tube
- venturi
- water tube
- watertube
- well point
- wellpoint
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