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Creasote vs Creosote - What's the difference?

creasote | creosote |

As nouns the difference between creasote and creosote

is that creasote is archaic form of lang=en while creosote is a pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.

As a verb creosote is

to apply creosote.

creasote

English

Noun

  • (Webster 1913)

    creosote

    Noun

  • A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.
  • A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative.
  • (uncountable) The creosote bush.
  • Verb

    (creosot)
  • To apply creosote.
  • As the fence is exposed he will creosote it for protection.