Paraffinoil vs Kerosene - What's the difference?
paraffinoil | kerosene |
(Canadian, US) A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel; (British) paraffin.
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As a noun kerosene is
kerosene (fuel oil).paraffinoil
Not English
Paraffinoil has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'paraffinoil':
provincial, perifungal, parapineal, propanediol, preventional, propanetriol, paraventral, preventralkerosene
English
Alternative forms
* kerosineNoun
Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.