Box vs. Cube — What's the Difference?

An enclosure within a larger space or diagram.

A solid three-dimensional figure with six square faces.

A container with a flat base and sides.

A mathematical term for raising a number to the third power.

A protective casing for machinery or equipment.

A cube-shaped item of food.

A shape or layout in software or graphic design.

An element in art or design emphasizing geometric shapes.

A conceptual category or constraint.

A cubic unit of measurement.

A box (plural: boxes) is a type of container or rectangular prism used for the storage or transportation of its contents. The size of a box may vary, from the very smallest (such as a matchbox) to the size of a large appliance, and can be used for a variety of purposes ranging from the functional to the decorative.

In geometry, a cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex. The cube is the only regular hexahedron and is one of the five Platonic solids.

A container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid

(Mathematics) A regular solid having six congruent square faces.

An area on a page that is to be filled in or that contains separate printed matter

Something having the general shape of a cube

A separate section or enclosed area reserved for a group of people in a theatre or sports ground, or for witnesses or the jury in a law court

A cubicle, used for work or study.

A protective casing for a piece of a mechanism

(Mathematics) The third power of a number or quantity.

A facility at a newspaper office for receiving replies to an advertisement

Cubes(Slang) Cubic inches. Used especially of an internal combustion engine.

A woman's vagina.

(Mathematics) To raise (a quantity or number) to the third power.

A slap with the hand on the side of a person's head

To determine the cubic contents of.

A slow-growing European evergreen shrub or small tree with small glossy dark green leaves. It is widely used in hedging and for topiary, and yields hard, heavy timber.

To form or cut into cubes

Any of a number of trees that have wood or foliage similar to the box tree.

To tenderize (meat) by breaking the fibers with superficial cuts in a pattern of squares.

Put in or provide with a box

(geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.

Mix up different flocks.

Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

Fight an opponent using one's fists; compete in the sport of boxing

(mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.

Recite the compass points in correct order.

(computing) A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube

Make a complete change of direction

A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube

A container typically constructed with four sides perpendicular to the base and often having a lid or cover.

A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.

The amount or quantity that such a container can hold.

To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.

A square or rectangle

(transitive) To form into the shape of a cube.

A separated compartment in a public place of entertainment, such as a theater or stadium, for the accommodation of a small group.

(transitive) To cut into cubes.

An area of a public place, such as a courtroom or stadium, marked off and restricted for use by persons performing a specific function

(intransitive) To use a Rubik's cube.

A small structure serving as a shelter

A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.

Chiefly British A small country house used as a sporting lodge

The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.

A box stall.

To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.

The raised seat for the driver of a coach or carriage.

A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand.

A hexahedron with six equal squares as faces

Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches.

The product of three equal terms

A penalty box.

Any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone

The penalty area on a soccer field.

A block in the (approximate) shape of a cube

(Printing) Featured printed matter enclosed by hairlines, a border, or white space and placed within or between text columns.

Raise to the third power

A hollow made in the side of a tree for the collection of sap.

Cut into cubes;

A post office box.

An inbox.

An outbox.

An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.

A signaling device enclosed in a casing

A cable box.

(Informal) A television.

A very large portable radio.

Chiefly British A gift or gratuity, especially one given at Christmas.

An awkward or perplexing situation; a predicament.

Vulgar Slang The vulva and the vagina.

A slap or blow with the hand or fist

Any of several evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the Eurasian species B. sempervirens, widely cultivated as a hedge plant and having opposite, leathery, dark green leaves and small whitish flowers.

The hard, light yellow wood of any of these plants, formerly widely used to make musical instruments, inlays, engraving blocks, and measuring instruments. Also called boxwood.

Any of various other shrubs or trees with similar foliage or timber, especially several types of eucalyptus.

To pack in a box.

To confine in or as if in a box.

To border or enclose with or as if with a box

To provide a housing or case for (a machine part, for example).

To limit the activity or influence of by or as if by creating a restrictive structure or outlining a territory

(Sports) To block (a competitor or opponent) from advancing, especially to hinder an opponent from getting a rebound in basketball by placing oneself between the opponent and the basket

(Nautical) To boxhaul.

To cut a hole in (a tree) for the collection of sap.

To blend (paint) by pouring alternately between two containers.

To change the shape of (a structure, such as a wall) by applying lath and plaster or boarding.

To hit with the hand or fist.

(Sports) To take part in a boxing match with.

To fight with the fists or in a boxing match.

Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.

A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.

A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.

A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.

The driver's seat on a horse-drawn coach.

A small rectangular shelter.

(automotive) gearbox

(rail) signal box

(figuratively) A predicament or trap.

(slang) A prison cell.

(euphemistic) A coffin.

(slang) Preceded by the: television.

The vagina.

A computer, or the case in which it is housed.

(slang) A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.

(cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.

(cricket) gully

(engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.

(fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.

(dated) A small country house.

A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.

Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space

A rectangle: an oblong or a square.

(baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.

(genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.

(juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.

(soccer) The penalty area.

(aviation) A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.

Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.

The wood from a box tree: boxwood.

A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.

(Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).

(Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, the drooping (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black, or ironbark box trees.

A blow with the fist.

(dated) A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.

(transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

(transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.

(transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.

To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.

To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.

To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.

To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.

To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.

(transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.

To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.

To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (Buxus suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc.

A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.

The quantity that a box contain.

A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement.

A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box.

A small country house.

A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.

An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.

The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.

A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift.

The square in which the pitcher stands.

A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.

A blow on the head or ear with the hand.

To inclose in a box.

To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.

To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.

To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar.

To strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head.

To boxhaul.

A (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid;

Private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance;

The quantity contained in a box;

A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;

A rectangular drawing;

Evergreen shrubs or small trees

Any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned;

The driver's seat on a coach;

Separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people;

A blow with the hand (usually on the ear);

Put into a box;

Hit with the fist;

Engage in a boxing match

A box is a container with a flat base and sides, often used for storage or transportation.

A cube is a three-dimensional geometric figure with six equal square faces.

Cubes are used in games (dice), architecture, and as units of measurement.

Boxes are commonly made from cardboard, plastic, or wood.

Yes, "box" can refer to conceptual categories or spaces within a boundary, such as in software interfaces.

Most boxes are square or rectangular, but they can come in various shapes.

In geometry, a cube is a solid figure, but it can also refer to the cubic shape in various contexts.

Yes, a cube can be made of any material when represented physically, but it is often a theoretical construct in mathematics.

The volume of a cube is calculated by cubing the length of one of its edges.

Yes, a box can be a cube if it has equal sides and square faces, but not all boxes are cubes.

Cubes are important in geometry for understanding three-dimensional shapes and in algebra for cubic functions.

The design, including shape, size, and material, can influence a box's suitability for specific contents or purposes.

Boxes can be closed with lids, flaps, tape, or other sealing methods.

A cube is distinguished by its six equal square faces and all right angles, making it a special case of a rectangular prism.

A cube is a three-dimensional figure with square faces, whereas a square is a two-dimensional shape with four equal sides.