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Lpg vs Kerosene - What's the difference?

lpg | kerosene |

As an initialism lpg

is liquefied petroleum gas.

As a noun kerosene is

kerosene (fuel oil).

lpg

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)
  • liquefied petroleum gas

    • Synonyms

    * autogas (European & Commonwealth sense)

    See also

    * / LOX / LOx / lox (liquid oxygen) * (liquid hydrogen) * (liquid nitrogen) * LHe (liquid helium) * LNG (liquified natural gas)

    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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