fuel vs gasoline
gasoline vs fuelfuel and gasoline both are nouns.
fuel is a verb but gasoline is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fuel | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| gasoline | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
gasoline is a hyponym of
fuel; that is, gasoline is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
fuel:
- fuel: a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
- gasoline: 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, gas, gasolene, 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) | gasoline (noun) |
|---|---|
| a substance that can be consumed to produce energy | a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines |
| fuel (verb) | gasoline (verb) |
|---|---|
| stimulate | |
| provide with a combustible substance that provides energy | |
| provide with fuel | |
| take in fuel, as of a ship |
Words related to "fuel"
- biomass
- bunker
- butane
- charcoal
- coal gas
- coal oil
- coke
- combustible
- combustible material
- diesel fuel
- diesel oil
- excite
- fire
- firewood
- fossil fuel
- fuel oil
- fueling
- furnish
- gas
- gas up
- gasohol
- gasolene
- gasoline
- heating oil
- igniter
- ignitor
- illuminant
- kerosene
- kerosine
- lamp oil
- lighter
- methanol
- methyl alcohol
- nuclear fuel
- offer
- petrol
- propane
- provide
- red fire
- refuel
- render
- semicoke
- shake
- shake up
- smoker fuel
- stimulate
- stir
- substance
- supply
- take in
- take up
- water gas
- wood alcohol
- wood coal
- wood spirit
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