What is the difference between petroleum and kerosene?
petroleum | kerosene |
A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
(Canadian, US) A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel; (British) paraffin.
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As nouns the difference between petroleum and kerosene
is that petroleum is a flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface while kerosene is a petroleum based thin and colorless fuel; paraffin.petroleum
English
(wikipedia petroleum)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* oil * gas * gasoline * petroil * petrolDerived terms
* packaged petroleum product * petroleum coke * petroleum ether * petroleum jelly * petroleum spiritkerosene
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.
