What is the difference between diesel and kerosene?
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A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed
A vehicle powered by a diesel engine
(UK, slang) snakebite and black
To ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression
(automotive) For a spark-ignition internal combustion engine to continue running after the electrical current to the spark plugs has been turned off. This occurs when there's enough heat in the combustion chamber to ignite the air/fuel without a spark, the same way heat and pressure cause ignition in a diesel engine.
(Canadian, US) A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel; (British) paraffin.
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As nouns the difference between diesel and kerosene
is that diesel is a fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed while kerosene is a petroleum based thin and colorless fuel; paraffin.As a verb diesel
is to ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression.diesel
English
(wikipedia diesel)Noun
Verb
(en verb)- The only reason the VW bug has a solenoid is to prevent it from dieseling .
Derived terms
* biodiesel * dieselization * red dieselSee also
* diesel engine * diesel knock * dervAnagrams
* * English eponyms ----kerosene
English
Alternative forms
* kerosineNoun
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.
