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Bitumen vs Tarpit - What's the difference?

bitumen | tarpit |

As nouns the difference between bitumen and tarpit

is that bitumen is mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew’s pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.tarpit is a geological occurrence where subterranean bitumen leaks to the surface, creating a lake of asphalt.

bitumen

English

(wikipedia bitumen)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew’s pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.
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  • By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
  • (Canadian English) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil[http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/OilSands/793.asp]

    • Synonyms

    * (mineral pitch) (all obsolete)

    Related terms

    * bituminous * bitumoid * crude bitumen * refined bitumen

    References

    See also

    * asphalt ----

    tarpit

    English

    (wikipedia tarpit)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a geological occurrence where subterranean bitumen leaks to the surface, creating a lake of asphalt

    • Derived terms

    * Turing tarpit