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Soilless vs Oilless - What's the difference?

soilless | oilless |

As adjectives the difference between soilless and oilless

is that soilless is lacking home soil; dispossessed while oilless is lacking, or not using, oil.

soilless

English

Adjective

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  • Lacking home soil; dispossessed
  • *{{quote-book, 1910, , chapter=Anarchism: What It Really Stands For, Anarchism and Other Essays, edition=2005 ed., pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=1LqKtlpUxZwC&pg=PA37, page=37, isbn=1595479716
  • , passage=If they live in squalor, in filth, in crime, with hope and joy gone, a homeless, soilless army of human prey.}}
  • Not containing soil
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 4, author=Leslie Land, title=Garden Q.&A., work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=One popular recipe for a homemade version is two parts soilless mix like Pro-Mix and one part each vermiculite and perlite. }}

    oilless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking, or not using, oil.
  • *2011 , Rory Stewart, "Here we go again", London Review of Books , 33.VII:
  • *:Even oil-less , Central Asian Afghanistan was perceived by many Muslims as the object of a crusading infidel occupation, driven by Israel and designed to establish bases or extract cheaper oil.
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