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Crude vs Petroleum - What's the difference?

crude | petroleum |

As nouns the difference between crude and petroleum

is that crude is any substance in its natural state while petroleum is petroleum.

As an adjective crude

is being in a natural state.

crude

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Being in a natural state.
  • crude oil
  • Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
  • a crude shelter
  • Lacking concealing elements.
  • a crude truth
  • Lacking tact or taste.
  • a crude remark
  • (statistics) Being in an unanalyzed form.
  • crude data
  • (archaic) Immature or unripe.
  • (lb) pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word
  • Synonyms

    * (being in a natural state) raw, unrefined, unprocessed * (characterized by simplicity) primitive, rough, rude, rudimentary * (lacking concealing elements) obvious, plain, unadorned, undisguised * (lacking tact or taste) blunt, coarse, earthy, gross, stark, uncultivated, vulgar * raw * See'' immature''' ''or'' ' unripe * See also

    Antonyms

    * (being in a natural state) refined, processed

    Derived terms

    * crudeness * crude oil * crude material * crude form/crudeform

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance in its natural state.
  • Crude oil.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Yesterday’s fuel , passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).}}

    Derived terms

    * syncrude

    Anagrams

    * ----

    petroleum

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
  • Synonyms

    * oil * gas * gasoline * petroil * petrol

    Derived terms

    * packaged petroleum product * petroleum coke * petroleum ether * petroleum jelly * petroleum spirit