drinking straw vs tubing

drinking straw and tubing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drinking straw	Yes	No	No	No
tubing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tubing is a hypernym of drinking straw; that is, tubing is a word with a broader meaning than drinking straw:

drinking straw: a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
tubing: conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

Other hypernyms of drinking straw include tube.

drinking straw (noun)	tubing (noun)
a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth	conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases