different between methol vs metho

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“wine”) + -ol.

Noun

methol (plural methols)

1. (organic chemistry) methyl alcohol; wood spirit
2. (organic chemistry, by extension) Any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type.

English

Etymology

From methylated spirits +? -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

metho (uncountable)

1. (Australia, colloquial) Methylated spirits.
   • 1985, Living Australia, photograph caption, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia's Most Deadly Creatures, page 61,

     Ben Cropp, aided by his wife Lynn, tests the effectiveness of metho and vinegar against box jellyfish stings (above); see Ben?s foreword for details of the experiment.

   • 1988, Kate Jennings, Cold Water, Save Me, Joe Louis, reprinted 2010, Trouble: Evolution of a Radical, Selected Writings 1970-2010, page 78,

     We thought an alcoholic was a low life, someone on metho, or a benighted person who drank a bottle of gin before breakfast. Not us.

   • 1996, Curriculum Corporation (Australia), From Igloos to Yurts: Years 4-7, page 23,

     Assist students to design and construct models of hot-air balloons ranging from those using shopping bags and hair dryers, to those using tissue paper and metho burners, depending on the resources available.

Anagrams

• Thome, ethmo-

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???/

Verb

metho

1. (literary) third-person singular subjunctive of methu

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