Medicinally vs Creosote - What's the difference?

medicinally | creosote |


As an adverb medicinally

is in a medicinal manner.

As a noun creosote is

a pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.

As a verb creosote is

to apply creosote.

medicinally

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a medicinal manner.

    • creosote

    English

    (wikipedia creosote)

    Noun

  • A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.
  • A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative.
  • (uncountable) The creosote bush.

    • Verb

    (creosot)
  • To apply creosote.
    • As the fence is exposed he will creosote it for protection.

    Related terms

    * creosote bush