Ethyl alcohol and Ethanol

Ethyl alcohol

Ethyl alcohol noun - The intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline.
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Synonyms for Ethyl alcohol

Ethanol is a synonym for ethyl alcohol. In some cases you can use "Ethanol" instead a noun phrase "Ethyl alcohol".

Ethanol

Ethanol noun - The intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline.
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Synonyms for Ethanol

Ethyl alcohol is a synonym for ethanol. You can use "Ethyl alcohol" instead a noun "Ethanol".
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