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kerosine vs paraffin

paraffin vs kerosine

kerosine and paraffin both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kerosine Yes No No No
paraffin Yes No No No
As nouns, paraffin is a hyponym of kerosine; that is, paraffin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kerosine:
  • kerosine: a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
  • paraffin: (British usage) kerosine
Other hyponyms of kerosine include paraffin oil.
kerosine (noun) paraffin (noun)
a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
(British usage) kerosine
a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
Difference between kerosine and paraffin

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