Petrol vs Mercury - What's the difference?
petrol | mercury |
(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.
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* 2000 September 27, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, Second Session , Volume 146, Part 14,
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A metal.
# A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.
# (science, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals.
# The mercury as used in a barometer or thermometer; ambient temperature.
# (obsolete) Liveliness, volatility.
#* Bishop Burnet
A plant.
# An annual plant, Mercurialis annua , formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury.
#* 1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 188:
# A similar edible plant, Chenopodium bonus-henricus , otherwise known as English mercury or allgood.
# (US, regional) The poison oak or poison ivy.
As nouns the difference between petrol and mercury
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 mercury is (dated) a carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger.As a proper noun mercury is
(roman god) the roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger he wore winged sandals mercury corresponded to the greek god hermes.petrol
English
(wikipedia petrol)Noun
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- We were the first company to introduce unleaded petrol in Britain, opening our first pump in June 1986.
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- 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.
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- At a crank angle 6° before the TDC, the electric spark ignites the petrol mixture.
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- He also admitted that when big trucks bring in petrol , they park along Langata Road.
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- 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.
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- Most major Australian cities receive their petrol from a single refinery.
Synonyms
* (US) gasoline, gasDerived terms
* petrol bomb * petrol station * petrol tankSee also
* diesel * kerosene * leaded * lead-free * paraffin * petroil * unleadedAnagrams
* 1000 English basic wordsmercury
English
Noun
(-)- The mercury there has averaged 37.6C, 2.3C above the February norm.
- He was so full of mercury that he could not fix long in any friendship, or to any design.
- Towards the tops of the stalks and branches come forth at every joint in the male Mercury two small round green heads, standing together upon a short footstalk, which growing ripe are the seeds, not having any flower.