Paraffin vs Beeswax - What's the difference?
paraffin | beeswax |
(British) A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel oil, (kerosene in US English).
* 1919 ,
(chemistry) Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.
paraffin wax.
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
(colloquial) “Business”; in phrases like mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.
To polish (something) with beeswax.
As nouns the difference between paraffin and beeswax
is that paraffin is paraffin, alkane while beeswax is a wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.As a verb beeswax is
to polish (something) with beeswax.paraffin
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Alternative forms
* paraffineNoun
(wikipedia paraffin) (en noun)- She poured paraffin on the dry floors and on the pandanus-mats, and then she set fire.