tube vs vessel

tube

noun
  • An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances. 

  • Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape. 

  • The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.) 

  • A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube. 

  • A tin can containing beer. 

  • An idiot. 

  • A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside. 

verb
  • To supply with, or enclose in, a tube. 

  • To intubate. 

  • To ride an inner tube. 

vessel

noun
  • A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher. 

  • A craft designed for transportation through air or space. 

  • Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat. 

  • A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant. 

  • A person as a container of qualities or feelings. 

verb
  • To put into a vessel. 

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