Gas vs. Petrol — What's the Difference?

A state of matter with no fixed shape.

Liquid fuel for internal combustion engines.

Slang term for something very entertaining or funny.

A term used in the UK and Commonwealth for gasoline.

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

Derived from petroleum, a naturally occurring liquid.

A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

Used in many parts of the world outside North America.

A gaseous anesthetic, such as nitrous oxide.

Gasoline.

Flatulence.

(informal) A motor vehicle powered by petrol (as opposed to diesel).

(Slang) Idle or boastful talk.

A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

Poison gas.

A light fuel oil that is obtained by distilling petroleum and used in internal combustion engines.

(intransitive) To emit gas.

A shade of greenish or greyish blue.

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

Petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.

A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.

Petroleum.

Same as gasoline; - a shortened form. Also, the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term " step on the gas".

Often the main subject of fuel efficiency discussions.

A pedal that controls the throttle valve;

Short for gasoline, a fuel derived from petroleum.

Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma).A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g.

A substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid)

Short for gasoline

An entertaining or amusing person or situation

Kill or harm by exposure to gas

Talk excessively about trivial matters

Fill the tank of (a motor vehicle) with petrol

Very amusing or entertaining

Any of various mixtures of flammable gases used for lighting, heating, or cooking.

Gasoline.

The speed control of a gasoline engine. Used with the

A gaseous asphyxiant, irritant, or poison.

Flatus.

(Slang) Someone or something exceptionally exciting or entertaining

To treat chemically with gas.

To overcome, disable, or kill with poisonous fumes.

To give off gas.

(Slang) To talk excessively.

Matter in an intermediate state 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 by deposition.

(uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.

A chemical element or compound in such a state.

(countable) A hob on a gas cooker.

(uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.

Arterial or venous blood gas.

Marijuana, typically of high quality.

, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

Ellipsis of gas pedal

(transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.

To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.

To impose upon by talking boastfully.

(transitive) To impregnate with gas.

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

(slang) comical, zany; fun, amusing.

An aëriform fluid; - a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aëriform state.

The accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term " step on the gas".

Same as natural gas.

An exceptionally enjoyable event; a good time; as, The concert was a gas.

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

To impregnate with gas; as, to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder.

To expose to a poisonous or noxious gas

The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container

A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

A fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes

Show off

Any substance in gaseous form.

A pedal in a car to control acceleration.

The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by relatively low density and viscosity, relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature, the ability to diffuse readily, and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container.

A substance in the gaseous state.

(slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.

(slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.

(baseball) A fastball.

An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.

Attack with gas; subject to gas fumes;

Yes, "gas" can also refer to any substance in a gaseous state.

No, in the UK, the term used is "petrol."

Yes, they both refer to the liquid fuel used in cars, but the terminology varies by region.

"Petrol" is derived from the word "petroleum."

It's common in the UK, Australia, and many other Commonwealth countries.

In the US, "gas" is short for "gasoline."

No, they are both hydrocarbon mixtures derived from crude oil.

The primary distinction is regional usage, with "gas" being American and "petrol" being British.

Yes, they serve the same purpose; the terminology just varies by region.

Because the common term in the US for the fuel is "gas" or "gasoline."