Petrol vs Patrol - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between petrol and patrol is that petrol is (chiefly|au|nz|uk) petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel while patrol is (military) a going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts. As a verb patrol is to go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
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petrol Noun
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(chiefly, AU, NZ, UK) Petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.
* 1987 October 29, Advertisement, , page 31 ,
- We were the first company to introduce unleaded petrol in Britain, opening our first pump in June 1986.
* 2000 September 27, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, Second Session , Volume 146, Part 14, page 19605 ,
- European oil firms are beginning to follow the example of their American counterparts by adding convenience stores to their pumps: the typical American petrol station now makes some 40 percent of its profits from the sale of non-oil products, such as cigarettes and beer.
* 2003 , S. Srinivasan, Automotive Mechanics , Tata McGraw Hill, India, 2nd Edition, page 149 ,
- At a crank angle 6° before the TDC, the electric spark ignites the petrol mixture.
* 2006 February 10, Kenya Gazette , page 354 ,
- He also admitted that when big trucks bring in petrol , they park along Langata Road.
* 2006 August, Economic Scenario'', '' , page 218 ,
- The increase in rates comes just a few days after India raised petrol prices by 9-2% and diesel prices by 6-6% which boosed inflation expectations in Indian economy.
* 2008 , Robin Stonecash, Joshua Gans, Stephen King, Gregory Mankiw, Principles of Macroeconomics , Cengage Learning Australia, page 122 ,
- Most major Australian cities receive their petrol from a single refinery.
Synonyms
* (US) gasoline, gas
Derived terms
* petrol bomb
* petrol station
* petrol tank
See also
* diesel
* kerosene
* leaded
* lead-free
* paraffin
* petroil
* unleaded
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patrol Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From (etyl) patrouille, from (etyl) patrouille, . Related to (l), (l).
Noun
( en noun)
(military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
(military) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
(military) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.
* (rfdate) A. Hamilton:
- In France there is an army of patrols to secure her fiscal regulations.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-24, volume=408, issue=8850, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Boots on the street
, passage=Philadelphia’s foot- patrol' strategy was developed after a study in 2009 by criminologists from Temple University, which is in the 22nd district. A randomised trial overturned the conventional view that foot ' patrols make locals like the police more and fear crime less, but do not actually reduce crime. In targeted areas, violent crime decreased by 23%.}}
(Scouting) A unit of a troop, typically composed of around eight boys.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) patrouiller, from (etyl)
Verb
(patroll)
To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.
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