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tube vs drain

drain vs tube

tube and drain both are nouns.

tube and drain both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tube Yes No Yes No
drain Yes No Yes No
As nouns, drain is a hyponym of tube; that is, drain is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tube:
  • tube: conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
  • drain: tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
Other hyponyms of tube include barrel, gun barrel, blow tube, blowgun, blowpipe, blowtube, blow tube, blowpipe, blowtube, cannula, capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing, catheter, cigarette holder, coil, chromatography column, column, hose, hosepipe, inner tube, mouthpiece, pea shooter, pipage, pipe, piping, pipe, tobacco pipe, silencer, siphon, syphon, speaking tube, stem, stent, drinking straw, straw, test tube, torpedo tube, venturi, well point, wellpoint, water tube, watertube.
tube (noun) drain (noun)
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) a gradual depletion of energy or resources
electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope a pipe through which liquid is carried away
(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
a hollow cylindrical shape
tube (verb) drain (verb)
place or enclose in a tube empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
convey in a tube make weak
ride or float on an inflated tube deplete of resources
provide with a tube or insert a tube into flow off gradually
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