Petroleum vs Naphtha - What's the difference?
petroleum | naphtha |
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.
(dated) Naturally-occurring liquid petroleum.
Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.
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As nouns the difference between petroleum and naphtha
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 naphtha is naturally-occurring liquid petroleum.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 spiritnaphtha
English
(wikipedia naphtha)Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
- The Common Room and the Library were lit by anbaric light, but the Scholars preferred the older, softer naphtha lamps in the Retiring Room.
