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Tubelike vs Tubalike - What's the difference?

tubelike | tubalike |

As adjectives the difference between tubelike and tubalike

is that tubelike is resembling a tube, especially in shape while tubalike is resembling or characteristic of a tuba.

tubelike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling a tube, especially in shape
  • *{{quote-news, 1988, January 29, Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope, Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=At risk are the corpora cavernosa, the two tubelike masses of tissue that run through the center of the penis. }}

    tubalike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a tuba.
  • * 1994 , John H Davis, The Guggenheims: An America Epic?
    • The nurses put a record on the great tubalike phonograph.