What is the difference between fuel and diesel?
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Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
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, title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=2 Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
(figuratively) Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
To provide with fuel.
To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
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.
As nouns the difference between fuel and diesel
is that fuel is substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction while 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.As verbs the difference between fuel and diesel
is that fuel is to provide fuel while diesel is to ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression.fuel
English
(wikipedia)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel .}}
- His books were fuel for the revolution.
- Money is the fuel for economy.
- That film was nightmare fuel !
Derived terms
* fossil fuel * fuel cell * nuclear fuel * solid fuelVerb
Usage notes
* Fuelled'' and ''fuelling'' are British, Australian, and New Zealand spellings. ''Fueled and ''fueling are US spellings.Anagrams
* * ----diesel
English
(wikipedia diesel)Noun
Verb
(en verb)- The only reason the VW bug has a solenoid is to prevent it from dieseling .
