tube vs pipage

tube and pipage both are nouns.

tube is a verb but pipage is not a verb.

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

As nouns, pipage is a hyponym of tube; that is, pipage 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
pipage: a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.

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, hose, hosepipe, inner tube, mouthpiece, pea shooter, 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)	pipage (noun)
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases	a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)	a fee charged for the use of pipes
electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
a hollow cylindrical shape

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

Difference between tube and pipage

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