Paraffin vs Quintessence - What's the difference?
paraffin | quintessence |
(British) A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel oil, (kerosene in US English).
* 1919 ,
(chemistry) Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.
paraffin wax.
A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something.
A pure substance.
The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
(alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water
(physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.
As nouns the difference between paraffin and quintessence
is that paraffin is a petroleum based thin and colorless fuel oil, (kerosene in US English) while quintessence is a thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something.As verbs the difference between paraffin and quintessence
is that paraffin is to impregnate or treat with paraffin while quintessence is {{cx|transitive|lang=en}} To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.paraffin
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* paraffineNoun
(wikipedia paraffin) (en noun)- She poured paraffin on the dry floors and on the pandanus-mats, and then she set fire.
