Cable and Tape

Cable

Cable noun - A length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things.

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Tape and cable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tape" instead a noun "Cable".

Nearby Words: cabled, cabling, cablegram

Tape noun - A recording (as of a movie) on magnetic tape for playback on a TV.

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Cable and tape are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cable" instead a noun "Tape".

Nearby Words: taper, taped, taping

rare	rare cable	rare tape
long	long cable	long tape
original	original cable	original tape
heavy	heavy cable	heavy tape
Other adjectives: real, large, new, broken, basic, giant, electrical, digital.

Unfortunately, due to a tape error, the audio for the Twitty commercial was played in its entirety over the silent cable promos, resulting in some Soundtrack Dissonance.

Source: Tape Switch
They end up using a descender cable made of duct tape.

Source: Duct Tape for Everything
An issue of Cable & Deadpool set during the Civil War involved Cable, Captain America, and several others incapacitating Deadpool by cocooning him to a chair in a back alley with duct tape.

Source: Duct Tape for Everything

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Tape and Cable. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cable/tape

Cable & Tape. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cable/tape>.

Tape or Cable. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cable/tape.

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