digestive tube vs duct

duct vs digestive tube

digestive tube and duct both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
digestive tube	Yes	No	No	No
duct	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, duct is a hypernym of digestive tube; that is, duct is a word with a broader meaning than digestive tube:

digestive tube: tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
duct: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

Other hypernyms of digestive tube include canal, channel, epithelial duct.

digestive tube (noun)	duct (noun)
tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination	an enclosed conduit for a fluid
	a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
	a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls

Difference between digestive tube and duct

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