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Grease vs. Tallow — What's the Difference?

Grease vs. Tallow — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Grease and Tallow

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Grease

A thick oily substance, especially as used as a lubricant
Axle grease

Tallow

Tallow is a rendered form of beef or mutton fat, primarily made up of triglycerides. It is solid at room temperature.

Grease

Animal fat used or produced in cooking
The kitchen walls were black with grease and filth

Tallow

Hard fat obtained from parts of the bodies of cattle or sheep, used in foodstuffs or to make leather dressing, soap, and lubricants, and formerly used to make candles.

Grease

Smear or lubricate with grease
A greased baking sheet
Grease a shallow baking dish
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Tallow

Any of various similar fats, such as those obtained from plants.

Grease

Soft or melted animal fat, especially after rendering.

Tallow

To smear or cover with tallow.

Grease

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

Tallow

To fatten (animals) in order to obtain tallow.

Grease

The oily substance present in raw wool; suint.

Tallow

A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.

Grease

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

Tallow

To grease or smear with tallow.

Grease

(Slang) Something, such as money or influence, that facilitates the attainment of an object or a desire
Accepted some grease to fix the outcome of the race.

Tallow

To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.
To tallow sheep

Grease

To coat, smear, or soil with grease
Greased the pie pan.

Tallow

The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.

Grease

To lubricate with grease.

Tallow

The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.

Grease

To facilitate the progress of.

Tallow

To grease or smear with tallow.

Grease

(Slang) To kill. See Note at greasy.

Tallow

To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.

Grease

Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

Tallow

Obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants

Grease

(by extension) Any oily or fatty matter.

Grease

Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.

Grease

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

Grease

(slang) Money.

Grease

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

Grease

To bribe. Category:en:Corruption

Grease

To cause to go easily; to facilitate.

Grease

To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.

Grease

To kill, murder.

Grease

(obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.

Grease

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

Grease

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

Grease

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.

Grease

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

Grease

To bribe; to corrupt with presents.
The greased advocate that grinds the poor.

Grease

To cheat or cozen; to overreach.

Grease

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

Grease

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

Grease

The state of being covered with unclean things

Grease

Lubricate with grease;
Grease the wheels

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