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Margarine vs Oleo - What's the difference?

margarine | oleo |

As nouns the difference between margarine and oleo

is that margarine is a spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter while oleo is the various fats and oils that go into the making of margarine.

margarine

English

Noun

(wikipedia margarine) (en-noun)
  • A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.

    • oleo

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (US) The various fats and oils that go into the making of margarine.
  • (US, by extension) margarine, an abbreviation of oleomargarine.

    • See also

    * oleo- ----