Bioethanol vs. Ethanol
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Difference Between Bioethanol and Ethanol
Bioethanolnoun
Ethanol produced by fermenting the sugars in biomass materials such as corn, sugar beets, switchgrass, or agricultural residues, used as a fuel in internal-combustion engines either in pure form or more often as a gasoline additive.
Ethanolnoun
See alcohol.
Bioethanolnoun
Ethanol produced, by fermentation of crops, for use as a biofuel.
Ethanolnoun
(organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.
Ethanolnoun
Specifically, this alcohol as a fuel.
Ethanolnoun
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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