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Gasolene vs Kerosene - What's the difference?

gasolene | kerosene |

As nouns the difference between gasolene and kerosene

is that gasolene is while kerosene is kerosene (fuel oil).

gasolene

English

Noun

(en-noun)

    • Usage notes

    This spelling is used in Jamaica, but is antiquated in other places where English is spoken.

    Anagrams

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    kerosene

    English

    Alternative forms

    * kerosine

    Noun

  • (Canadian, US) A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel; (British) paraffin.
  • * {{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.

    Derived terms

    * biokerosene

    Synonyms

    * coal oil * kero * lamp oil

    External links

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