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What is the difference between 기름 and 석유?
Do they both mean gasoline? If so, which is most frequently used?
Nov 5, 2016 4:27 PM
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Nope.
석유 is included in 기름. 기름 means oil in the broad sense(like all of greasy things)
And gasoline is a part of 석유
석유 = petroleum --> It means the whole things that were refined from crude oil.
원유 = Crude oil
(석유 includes 휘발유, 등유, 경유, ......and so on)
휘발유= gasoline
등유=Kerosene
경유 = Diesel Oil
November 5, 2016
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