The difference between Garage and Service station

When used as nouns, garage means a building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items, whereas service station means a filling station, gas station or petrol station.


Garage is also verb with the meaning: to store in a garage.

check bellow for the other definitions of Garage and Service station

  1. Garage as a noun:

    A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.

  2. Garage as a noun (chiefly, British, Canada, Australia, NZ):

    A place where cars are serviced and repaired.

  3. Garage as a noun (chiefly, British, Canada, Australia, NZ):

    A petrol filling station.

  4. Garage as a noun (dated, 20th century, North America):

    An independent automobile repair shop.

  5. Garage as a noun (aviation):

    A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane; a hangar.

  6. Garage as a noun:

    A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  1. Garage as a verb:

    To store in a garage.

    Examples:

    "We garaged the convertible during the monsoon months."

  1. Service station as a noun (UK, Australia, US):

    a filling station, gas station or petrol station; a facility selling fuel for road motor vehicles

  2. Service station as a noun:

    a service area

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