Paraffin vs. Kerosene

Paraffinnoun

(British) A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel oil, (kerosene in US English).

Paraffinnoun

(chemistry) Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.

Paraffinnoun

Paraffin wax.

Paraffinverb

To impregnate or treat with paraffin.

Paraffinverb

To embed in paraffin wax.

Paraffinnoun

A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used in candles, as a sealing agent (such as in canning of preserves), as a waterproofing agent, as an illuminant and as a lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus gasoline, coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.

Paraffinnoun

from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings

Paraffinnoun

a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

Paraffinnoun

British usage

Kerosenenoun

A petroleum-based thin and colorless fuel; (British) paraffin.

Kerosenenoun

An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also coal oil. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane series, having from 10 to 16 carbon atoms in each molecule, and having a higher boiling point (175 - 325° C) than gasoline or the petroleum ethers, and a lower boling point than the oils.

Kerosenenoun

a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters

Kerosene

Kerosene is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum. It is widely used as a fuel in aviation as well as households.