Oil vs. Gas — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Oil and Gas
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Oil
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.
Gas
Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma).A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g.
Oil
A viscous liquid derived from petroleum, especially for use as a fuel or lubricant.
Gas
A substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid)
Hot balls of gas that become stars
Poisonous gases
Oil
Oil paint
A portrait in oils
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Gas
Short for gasoline
We stopped for gas
Oil
Information or facts
Young had some good oil on the Adelaide races
Gas
An entertaining or amusing person or situation
The party would be a gas
Oil
Lubricate, coat, or impregnate with oil
A lightly oiled baking tray
Gas
Kill or harm by exposure to gas
My son was gassed at Verdun
Oil
Supply with oil as fuel
Attempts should not be made to oil individual tanks too rapidly
Gas
Talk excessively about trivial matters
I thought you'd never stop gassing
Oil
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.
Gas
Fill the tank of (a motor vehicle) with petrol
After gassing up the car, he went into the restaurant
Oil
Petroleum.
Gas
Very amusing or entertaining
Ruthie, that's gas—you're a gem
Oil
A petroleum derivative, such as a machine oil or lubricant.
Gas
The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by relatively low density and viscosity, relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature, the ability to diffuse readily, and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container.
Oil
A protective or cosmetic liquid applied to the skin or hair.
Gas
A substance in the gaseous state.
Oil
Oil paint.
Gas
Any of various mixtures of flammable gases used for lighting, heating, or cooking.
Oil
A painting done in oil paint.
Gas
Gasoline.
Oil
To lubricate, supply, cover, or polish with oil.
Gas
The speed control of a gasoline engine. Used with the
Step on the gas.
Oil
Liquid fat.
Gas
A gaseous asphyxiant, irritant, or poison.
Oil
Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
Gas
A gaseous anesthetic, such as nitrous oxide.
Oil
Petroleum
Gas
Flatulence.
Oil
(countable) An oil painting.
Gas
Flatus.
Oil
(painting) Oil paint.
I prefer to paint in oil
Gas
(Slang) Idle or boastful talk.
Oil
(attributive) Containing oil, conveying oil; intended for or capable of containing oil.
Oil barrel; oil pipe
Gas
(Slang) Someone or something exceptionally exciting or entertaining
The party was a gas.
Oil
(transitive) To lubricate with oil.
Gas
To treat chemically with gas.
Oil
(transitive) To grease with oil for cooking.
Gas
To overcome, disable, or kill with poisonous fumes.
Oil
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.
Gas
To give off gas.
Oil
To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.
Gas
(Slang) To talk excessively.
Oil
A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
Gas
Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
Oil
Oil paint used by an artist
Gas
(uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
Oil
Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
Gas
Poison gas.
The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.
Oil
Cover with oil, as if by rubbing;
Oil the wooden surface
Gas
A chemical element or compound in such a state.
The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
Oil
Administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
Gas
(countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
Gas
(uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.
Gas
(slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
Gas
(slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
Gas
(baseball) A fastball.
The closer threw him nothing but gas.
Gas
Arterial or venous blood gas.
Gas
Marijuana, typically of high quality.
Gas
, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
Gas
Ellipsis of gas pedal
Gas
An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
Gas fee
Gas
(transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.
He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.
Gas
To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.
Gas
To impose upon by talking boastfully.
Gas
(intransitive) To emit gas.
The battery cell was gassing.
Gas
(transitive) To impregnate with gas.
To gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder
Gas
(transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
To gas thread
Gas
(US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
The cops are coming. Gas it!
Gas
(US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
Gas
(slang) comical, zany; fun, amusing.
Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
Gas
An aëriform fluid; - a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aëriform state.
Gas
A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.
Gas
Same as gasoline; - a shortened form. Also, the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term " step on the gas".
Gas
The accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term " step on the gas".
Gas
Same as natural gas.
Gas
An exceptionally enjoyable event; a good time; as, The concert was a gas.
Gas
To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers; as, to gas thread.
Gas
To impregnate with gas; as, to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder.
Gas
To expose to a poisonous or noxious gas
Gas
The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
Gas
A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
Gas
A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
Gas
A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
Gas
A pedal that controls the throttle valve;
He stepped on the gas
Gas
A fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
Gas
Attack with gas; subject to gas fumes;
The despot gassed the rebellious tribes
Gas
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