tube vs hose

tube and hose both are nouns.

tube and hose both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tube	Yes	No	Yes	No
hose	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, hose is a hyponym of tube; that is, hose 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
hose: a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas

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, drain, 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)	hose (noun)
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases	socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)	a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope	man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
a hollow cylindrical shape

tube (verb)	hose (verb)
place or enclose in a tube	water with a hose
convey in a tube
ride or float on an inflated tube
provide with a tube or insert a tube into

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