fuel vs gas

fuel and gas both are nouns.

fuel and gas both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fuel	Yes	No	Yes	No
gas	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, gas is a hyponym of fuel; that is, gas is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fuel:

fuel: a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
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

Other hyponyms of fuel include biomass, butane, charcoal, wood coal, coal gas, coke, diesel fuel, diesel oil, fire, fossil fuel, fuel oil, heating oil, gasohol, gasolene, gasoline, petrol, illuminant, coal oil, kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit, nuclear fuel, propane, red fire, combustible, combustible material, water gas, firewood, igniter, ignitor, lighter, semicoke, smoker fuel.

fuel (noun)	gas (noun)
a substance that can be consumed to produce energy	a pedal that controls the throttle valve
	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
	a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
	a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
	a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
	a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes

fuel (verb)	gas (verb)
stimulate	show off
provide with a combustible substance that provides energy	attack with gas; subject to gas fumes
provide with fuel
take in fuel, as of a ship

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