Actually, no. Very different trees and wood.
Sweet gum is mostly Liquidamabar styraciflua.
Tulip poplar is a light weight wood, easy to cut, work, split.
Sweet gum is the opposite.
Roger that. Thanks. The late Jerry Clower’s “Coon Hunting” story takes place in a Sweet Gum tree in which a raccoon has been treed. I always wondered if that was a Tulip Poplar. BFD...right? Thanks for the info, anyhow.