tube vs pipe

tube and pipe both are nouns.

tube and pipe both are verbs.

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

As nouns, pipe is a hyponym of tube; that is, pipe 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
pipe: 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, pipage, piping, tobacco pipe, silencer, siphon, syphon, speaking tube, stem, stent, drinking straw, straw, test tube, torpedo tube, venturi, well point, wellpoint, water tube, watertube.

As nouns, tube and pipe are synonyms defined as:

tube and pipe: a hollow cylindrical shape

tube (noun)	pipe (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 tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope	the flues and stops on a pipe organ
(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure	a tubular wind instrument
a hollow cylindrical shape	a hollow cylindrical shape

tube (verb)	pipe (verb)
place or enclose in a tube	utter a shrill cry
convey in a tube	play on a pipe
ride or float on an inflated tube	trim with piping
provide with a tube or insert a tube into	transport by pipeline

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