Creosote vs Creosol - What's the difference?
creosote | creosol |
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.
To apply creosote.
(organic compound) The methoxy phenol 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol that is a constituent of creosote
As nouns the difference between creosote and creosol
is that creosote is a pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally while creosol is the methoxy phenol 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol that is a constituent of creosote.As a verb creosote
is to apply creosote.creosote
English
(wikipedia creosote)Noun
Verb
(creosot)- As the fence is exposed he will creosote it for protection.
