Grease vs. Oil — What's the Difference?

A thick oily substance, especially as used as a lubricant

An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is a viscous liquid at ambient temperatures and is both hydrophobic (does not mix with water, literally "water fearing") and lipophilic (mixes with other oils, literally "fat loving"). Oils have a high carbon and hydrogen content and are usually flammable and surface active.

Animal fat used or produced in cooking

A viscous liquid derived from petroleum, especially for use as a fuel or lubricant.

Smear or lubricate with grease

Oil paint

Soft or melted animal fat, especially after rendering.

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A thick oil or viscous substance, especially when used as a lubricant.

Lubricate, coat, or impregnate with oil

The oily substance present in raw wool; suint.

Supply with oil as fuel

Raw wool that has not been cleansed of this oily substance.

Any of numerous mineral, vegetable, or synthetic substances or animal or vegetable fats that are generally slippery, combustible, viscous, liquid or liquefiable at room temperatures, soluble in various organic solvents such as ether but not in water, and used in a great variety of products, especially lubricants and fuels.

(Slang) Something, such as money or influence, that facilitates the attainment of an object or a desire

Petroleum.

To coat, smear, or soil with grease

A petroleum derivative, such as a machine oil or lubricant.

To lubricate with grease.

A protective or cosmetic liquid applied to the skin or hair.

To facilitate the progress of.

Oil paint.

(Slang) To kill. See Note at greasy.

A painting done in oil paint.

Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

To lubricate, supply, cover, or polish with oil.

(by extension) Any oily or fatty matter.

Liquid fat.

Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.

Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.

Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.

Petroleum

(slang) Money.

(countable) An oil painting.

(transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.

(painting) Oil paint.

To bribe. Category:en:Corruption

(attributive) Containing oil, conveying oil; intended for or capable of containing oil.

To cause to go easily; to facilitate.

(transitive) To lubricate with oil.

To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.

(transitive) To grease with oil for cooking.

To kill, murder.

Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.

(obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.

To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.

To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.

Oil paint used by an artist

An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences.

Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.

Cover with oil, as if by rubbing;

To bribe; to corrupt with presents.

Administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

To cheat or cozen; to overreach.

To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

A thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)

The state of being covered with unclean things

Lubricate with grease;