As nouns the difference between turpentine and toluene
is that turpentine is a volatile essential oil obtained from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; it is a complex mixture of monoterpenes; it is used as a solvent and paint thinner while toluene is a colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.
As a verb turpentine
is to drain resin from (a tree) for use in making turpentine.
turpentine
English
Noun
(
wikipedia turpentine)
a volatile essential oil obtained from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; it is a complex mixture of monoterpenes; it is used as a solvent and paint thinner
Synonyms
* turps
Related terms
* terebic
* (l)
Verb
(turpentin)
To drain resin from (a tree) for use in making turpentine.
toluene
English
Noun
(-)
(organic compound) A colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.
Synonyms
* methylbenzene
* phenylmethane
