tubing vs piping

piping vs tubing

tubing and piping both are nouns.

tubing is not an adverb while piping is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tubing	Yes	No	No	No
piping	Yes	No	No	Yes

As nouns, piping is a hyponym of tubing; that is, piping is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tubing:

tubing: conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
piping: a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.

Other hyponyms of tubing 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, pipe, pipe, tobacco pipe, silencer, siphon, syphon, speaking tube, stem, stent, drinking straw, straw, test tube, torpedo tube, venturi, well point, wellpoint, water tube, watertube.

tubing (noun)	piping (noun)
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases	playing a pipe or the bagpipes
	a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
	a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems

tubing (adverb)	piping (adverb)
	(used of heat) extremely

Difference between tubing and piping

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