Creosote vs Tannosal - What's the difference?
creosote | tannosal |
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.
(obsolete, medicine) A mixture of creosote and tannin once used to treay tuberculosis
As nouns the difference between creosote and tannosal
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 tannosal is a mixture of creosote and tannin once used to treay tuberculosis.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.