Vinegar vs Oil - What's the difference?
vinegar | oil |
(uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
(countable) Any variety of vinegar.
Liquid fat.
Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
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* 1973 , John Ulric Nef, Search for meaning: the autobiography of a nonconformist (page 89)
To lubricate with oil.
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23:
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=17 To grease with oil for cooking.
In transitive terms the difference between vinegar and oil
is that vinegar is to season with vinegar while oil is to grease with oil for cooking.vinegar
English
(wikipedia vinegar)Noun
- a range of herb-flavoured vinegars
Derived terms
* apple cider vinegar * aromatic vinegar * balsamic vinegar * cane vinegar * champagne vinegar * chili vinegar * Chinese red vinegar * cider vinegar * coconut vinegar * fruit vinegar * full of piss and vinegar * herb vinegar * it is better to be preserved in vinegar than to rot in honey * malt vinegar * mother of vinegar * piss and vinegar * pyroligneous vinegar * quick vinegar * radical vinegar * raspberry vinegar * rice vinegar * rose vinegar * salt and vinegar * sherry vinegar * spiced vinegar * sugar-vinegar * sweetened vinegar * tarragon vinegar * thieves' vinegar * vinegar beer * vinegar Bible * vinegar car * vinegar eel, vinegar-eel * vinegar essence * vinegarette * vinegarrette * vinegar-field * vinegar fly, vinegar-fly * vinegarish * vinegarist * vinegar lamp * vinegar mother * vinegar pie * vinegar plant, vinegar-plant * vinegar-railing * vinegar rice * vinegar stick * vinegar strokes * vinegar syndrome * vinegar tree, vinegar-tree * vinegar weed, vinegarweed * vinegar worm * vinegary * vinegar-yard * white vinegar * wine vinegar * wish one at vinegar * wood vinegarSee also
* non-brewed condimentDerived terms
* vinegared * vinegaringAnagrams
*oil
English
(wikipedia oil)Alternative forms
* oyl (obsolete)Noun
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- Yet, in another way, I was unable to put Picasso's oils in the same class as Cezanne's, or even (which will no doubt shock many readers) as Renoir's.
Derived terms
* burn the midnight oil * castor oil * cod liver oil * cottonseed oil * croton oil * crude oil * essential oil * evening primrose oil * gorli oil * grapeseed oil * mineral oil * motor oil * mustard oil * neck oil * North Sea oil * oil baron * oil field * oilman * oil paint * oil painting * oil refinery * oil sand * oil shale * oilskin * oilsmoke * oil stove * oil tanker * oil well * oily * olive oil * peak oil * pine oil * pour oil on troubled waters * rape oil * rapeseed oil * rock oil * sesame oil * shale oil * snake oil * sunflower oil * sweet oil * tall oil * tung oil * valve oil * vegetable oilVerb
(en verb)- Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.
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