different between lubricant vs ointment

English

Etymology

lubricate +? -ant

Pronunciation

• (US, General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?lub??k?nt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?lu?b??k?nt/, /?lju?b??k?nt/

Noun

lubricant (plural lubricants)

1. A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.
2. A personal lubricant.

Synonyms

• lube

Derived terms

Related terms

• lubricate
• lubrication
• lubricious
• lubricity
• lubricous

Translations

Anagrams

• intraclub

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /lu.b?i?kant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /lu.b?i?kan/

Verb

lubricant

1. present participle of lubricar

Latin

Verb

l?bricant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of l?bric?

English

Alternative forms

• oyntment (obsolete)

Etymology

A later form (as if oint +? -ment) of Middle English oinement, borrowed from Old French oignement (“an anointing”), from oigner, oindre, ongier (“to anoint”), from Latin ung(u)? (“I anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eng?- (“to smear, anoint”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ntm(?)nt/, [?????(n)?.m??(n)?]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???n(t)m(?)nt/
• Hyphenation: oint?ment

Noun

ointment (plural ointments)

1. (medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
2. A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals.

Synonyms

• salve
• unguent

Derived terms

• fly in the ointment
• ointmentlike

Related terms

Translations

See also

• cream
• inunction
• liniment
• unction
• unctuous
• unguent

Further reading

• ointment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ointment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ointment at OneLook Dictionary Search