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Petrol vs Petrel - What's the difference?

petrol | petrel |

As nouns the difference between petrol and petrel

is that petrol is petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel while petrel is any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.

petrol

English

(wikipedia petrol)

Noun

(-)
  • (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

    petrel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes .
  • Derived terms

    * Antarctic petrel * Atlantic petrel * Barau's petrel * Bermuda petrel * Bonin petrel * Bulwer's petrel * Chatham petrel * Cook's petrel * European storm petrel * Fea's petrel * Fiji petrel * Gould's petrel * Guadalupe storm petrel * Hawaiian petrel * Juan Fernandez petrel * Kerguelen petrel * Kermadec petrel * Leach's storm petrel * Madeira petrel * Madeiran storm petrel * Magellan diving petrel * Magenta petrel * Markham's storm petrel * Mas a Tierra petrel * Mascarene petrel * Matsudaira's storm petrel * Murphy's petrel * New Zealand storm petrel * Peruvian diving petrel * Phoenix petrel * Polynesian storm petrel * Providence petrel * Pycroft's petrel * South Georgia diving petrel * Stejneger's petrel * Swinhoe's storm petrel * Tahiti petrel * Tristram's storm petrel * Wilson's storm Petrel * Zino's petrel * ashy storm petrel * black storm petrel * black-bellied storm petrel * black-capped petrel * black-winged petrel * blue petrel * cape petrel * common diving petrel * dark-rumped petrel * diving petrel * fork-tailed storm petrel * fulmarine petrel * gadfly petrel * giant petrel * great-winged petrel * grey-backed storm petrel * herald petrel * least storm petrel * mottled petrel * northern giant petrel * ringed storm petrel * snow petrel * soft-plumaged petrel * southern giant petrel * storm petrel * wedge-rumped storm petrel * white-bellied storm petrel * white-chinned petrel * white-faced storm petrel * white-headed petrel * white-necked petrel * white-vented storm petrel

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Procellariiformes) * (Procellariiformes)

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