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Lubricant vs Unguent - What's the difference?

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Lubricant is a related term of unguent.


As nouns the difference between lubricant and unguent

is that lubricant is a substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces while unguent is any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.

lubricant

English

(wikipedia lubricant)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.

    • Related terms

    * lubricate * lubrication * personal lubricant

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    unguent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
  • * 1809-1812 — , Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque
    • "Alas!" said Syntax, "could I pop / Just now, upon a blacksmith's shop, / Whose cooling unguents would avail / To save poor Grizzle's ears and tail!"
  • * 1853 —
    • So she put a golden box into his hand, and directed him how to apply the perfumed unguent which it contained, and where to meet her at midnight.
  • * 1890 —
    • Thou knowest of old that my temper is somewhat choleric, and my tongue not greased with that unguent which oils the mouths of the lip-serving lords of the land.

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