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What is the difference between gasoline and gas?

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Gas is a synonym of gasoline.

Gas is a related term of gasoline.

Gas is a derived term of gasoline.



In countable terms the difference between gasoline and gas

is that gasoline is a certain kind of gasoline while gas is a hob on a gas cooker.

As nouns the difference between gasoline and gas

is that gasoline is a flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol while gas is matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.

As adjectives the difference between gasoline and gas

is that gasoline is made from or using gasoline while gas is comical, zany.

As a verb gas is

to kill with poisonous gas.

As a proper noun Gas is

a commune in Eure-et-Loir, France.

gasoline

English

(wikipedia gasoline)

Alternative forms

* gasolene (archaic in America, but not in Jamaica)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable, North America) A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.
  • * 1991 , :
    • So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline ?
  • * 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
    • Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
  • (countable) A certain kind of gasoline.
    • The quality of automobile gasolines varies considerably from one country and producer to another.
    The X refinery produces a wide range of gasolines .

    Usage notes

    Gasoline is defined by its combustion properties rather than by chemical composition, which is quite variable.

    Synonyms

    * gas (North America) * petrol (qualifier)

    Derived terms

    * gas (North America)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made from or using gasoline.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .}}

    References

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    gas

    English

    (wikipedia gas)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) gas, a word coined by chemist . From (etyl) .

    Noun

  • (uncountable, chemistry) Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
    • , title= The Adaptable Gas Turbine , passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo'', meaning ''vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}
  • (countable, chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
  • (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.
  • (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
  • (US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.
  • (slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
  • (baseball) A fastball.
    • Synonyms
    * (state of matter) vapor / vapour * (digestive process) wind, fart (when gas is released) (qualifier)
    Derived terms
    * cooking with gas * gas giant * gaslight * gasometer * LP gas * natural gas * shale gas
    See also
    * fluid * liquid * solid

    Verb

  • To kill with poisonous .
  • To talk, chat.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
    • , title=, chapter=1 , passage=[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”}}
  • To emit gas.

    • Etymology 2

    Shortening of (gasoline).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (uncountable, US) Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
  • (US) gas pedal
    • Synonyms
    * (gasoline) gasoline (US), petrol (British) * See also .
    Related terms
    * gas-guzzler * gasohol * gas up * gasoline * hit the gas

    Verb

  • (US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
    • The cops are coming. Gas it!
  • (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel
    • Synonyms
    * (accelerate) step on the gas, hit the gas * (filll fuel tank) refuel

    Etymology 3

    Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (Ireland, colloquial) comical, zany.
    • Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
    It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
    Usage notes
    * This is common in speech, but rarely used in writing.

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