The difference between Filling station and Garage
When used as nouns, filling station means facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles, whereas garage means a building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.
Garage is also verb with the meaning: to store in a garage.
check bellow for the other definitions of Filling station and Garage
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Filling station as a noun:
facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles.
Examples:
"1948 — Here and there, under the porches of ruined filling stations, in the gaping doorways of office buildings, lie heaps of human bones. — Aldous Huxley, ''Ape and Essence"
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Garage as a noun:
A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.
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Garage as a noun (chiefly, British, Canada, Australia, NZ):
A place where cars are serviced and repaired.
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Garage as a noun (chiefly, British, Canada, Australia, NZ):
A petrol filling station.
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Garage as a noun (dated, 20th century, North America):
An independent automobile repair shop.
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Garage as a noun (aviation):
A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane; a hangar.
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Garage as a noun:
A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.
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Garage as a noun (attributive, music genre):
A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock.
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Garage as a noun (British, music genre):
A type of electronic dance music related to house music, with warped and time-stretched sounds; UK garage.
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Garage as a verb:
To store in a garage.
Examples:
"We garaged the convertible during the monsoon months."