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Fuel vs Sportbike - What's the difference?

fuel | sportbike |

As nouns the difference between fuel and sportbike

is that fuel is substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction while sportbike is a motorcycle optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on paved roads, typically at the expense of comfort and fuel economy.

As a verb fuel

is to provide with fuel.

fuel

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 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 .}}
  • Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
  • (figuratively) Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
  • 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 fuel

    Verb

  • To provide with fuel.
  • To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
  • Usage notes

    * Fuelled'' and ''fuelling'' are British, Australian, and New Zealand spellings. ''Fueled and ''fueling are US spellings.

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    sportbike

    Alternative forms

    * sport bike

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A motorcycle optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on paved roads, typically at the expense of comfort and fuel economy.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 9, author=Jerry Garrett, title=A Crossover on Two Wheels, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=DUCATI’S new Hypermotard 1100 is described by its envelope-pushing designer, Pierre Terblanche, as “a sportbike with a different attitude.” }}

    See also

    * dirtbike * off-road * street bike