The difference between Gas and Gasoline

When used as nouns, gas means matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull), whereas gasoline means a flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel.

When used as adjectives, gas means comical, zany, whereas gasoline means made from or using gasoline.


Gas is also verb with the meaning: to kill with poisonous gas.

check bellow for the other definitions of Gas and Gasoline

  1. Gas as a noun (uncountable, chemistry):

    Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.

    Examples:

    "A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder."

  2. Gas as a noun (countable, chemistry):

    A chemical element or compound in such a state.

    Examples:

    "The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases."

  3. Gas as a noun (uncountable):

    A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.

    Examples:

    "'Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones."

  4. Gas as a noun (countable):

    A hob on a gas cooker.

    Examples:

    "She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven."

  5. Gas as a noun (US):

    Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.

    Examples:

    "My tummy hurts so bad, I have gas."

  6. Gas as a noun (slang):

    A humorous or entertaining event or person.

    Examples:

    "He is such a gas!"

  7. Gas as a noun (baseball):

    A fastball.

    Examples:

    "The closer threw him nothing but gas."

  8. Gas as a noun (medicine, colloquial):

    Arterial or venous blood gas.

  1. Gas as a verb (transitive):

    To kill with poisonous gas.

  2. Gas as a verb (intransitive):

    To talk, chat.

  3. Gas as a verb (intransitive):

    To emit gas.

    Examples:

    "The battery cell was gassing."

  4. Gas as a verb (transitive):

    To impregnate with gas.

    Examples:

    "to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder"

  5. Gas as a verb (transitive):

    To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.

    Examples:

    "to gas thread"

  1. Gas as a noun (uncountable, US):

    Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

  2. Gas as a noun (US):

    Gas pedal.

  1. Gas as a verb (US):

    To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.

    Examples:

    " The cops are coming. Gas it!"

  2. Gas as a verb (US):

    To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.

  1. Gas as an adjective (Ireland, colloquial):

    comical, zany; fun, amusing

    Examples:

    "Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man."

    "It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom."

  1. Gasoline as a noun (uncountable, North America):

    A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.

  2. Gasoline as a noun (countable):

    Any specific kind of gasoline.

    Examples:

    "The refinery produces a wide range of gasolines."

  1. Gasoline as an adjective:

    Made from or using gasoline.

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