i no i soudn lyk a big noobie here but  i have seen pics of both and i think they look the same

wuts the difference and how are they fished different?

The difference is alot like your post...PROFILE...

Plastic Worm

Tube

I'm confused.  They don't look anything alike at all.  Most worms are long and slender with a curly or strait tail.  Kind of like  a pencil.  A tube is short and fatter with a bunch of strings hanging off one end.  Also a tube is generally hollow.  I guess a ring worm sort of looks like a tube, but still pretty different.  Maybe if you posted a pic of what you are calling a tube and a worm we could help more.  

LOL.........Anime other totally owned me.

yea big diff.    i like tubes for smallies and worms for largemouth   cast tubes around laydowns and bolders  and worms in open water and in/around grass  

Tubes and worms can be fished the same or differently, the choices are unlimited!

There are some differences in "action", but primarily it's "profile".

Tubes and worms can be fished the same or differently, the choices are unlimited!

There are some differences in "action", but primarily it's "profile".

Bingo  

I typically use tubes (for Largemouth) for flipping and pitching to  specific targets where I usually will get a bit on the innitial fall, similiar to where I would fish jigs in heavy cover.  IE Docks, Blowdowns, Edges.

I usually use worms when I am not certain where the fish are positioned on cover or in open water techniques.  IE Points, Grass Beds, etc.

I use a tube much like a finesse flipping alternative to a jig.

I do not fish the northern waters where Smallmouth abound but I'm sure my views on tubes would change if I were using them on a leadhead and dragging deep humps and flats for the Brown fish.

I typically use tubes (for Largemouth) for flipping and pitching to specific targets where I usually will get a bit on the innitial fall, similiar to where I would fish jigs in heavy cover. IE Docks, Blowdowns, Edges.

I usually use worms when I am not certain where the fish are positioned on cover or in open water techniques. IE Points, Grass Beds, etc.

I use a tube much like a finesse flipping alternative to a jig.

I do not fish the northern waters where Smallmouth abound but I'm sure my views on tubes would change if I were using them on a leadhead and dragging deep humps and flats for the Brown fish.

x2 -exactly how I use them. Have no experience using jig heads or tube hooks.

Tubes are associated more with smallmouth although that isn't to say they won't catch largemouth.  While worms give more of a straight  up/down action (depending on how you fish it of course) tubes have more of a sporadic and unpredictable action with a kind of twisting fall.  

One of my best fishing days ever came with a small 1 1/2 " tube...for largemouth!   There are no smallmouth here in Korea, but about 3 years ago, I was out on the water the day before a typhoon was forecast to hit.  It was already cloudy and windy, turning cooler and the water was starting to get a bit choppy, but I tore up some LMB on a little bluish/purple tube all day until the wind picked up and drove me and my little inflatable raft off the water.  No lunkers, but a lot of fun and a memorable day nonetheless.