different between naphtha vs aphtha

English

Etymology

From Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek ????? (náphtha, “naphtha”), ultimately from Old Persian *nafta?. The Greek mediation is reflected in the spelling – ‘ph’ and ‘th’ (from ‘?’ and ‘?’).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?næf??/, /?næp??/

Noun

naphtha (countable and uncountable, plural naphthas)

1. (dated) Naturally occurring liquid petroleum.
2. Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.
   • 1995, Philip Pullman, Northern Lights:

     The Common Room and the Library were lit by anbaric light, but the Scholars preferred the older, softer naphtha lamps in the Retiring Room.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (nafusa)
• ? Korean: ??? (napeuta)

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• napth?s

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (náphtha).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?nap?.t?a/, [?näp?t??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?naf.ta/, [?n?ft??]

Noun

naphtha f (genitive naphthae); first declension

1. naphtha

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• naphtha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• naphtha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (áphtha, “mouth ulcer”).

Noun

aphtha (countable and uncountable, plural aphthae)

1. (pathology) candidiasis, oral thrush, thrush (fungal infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth caused by any species of yeast from the genus Candida)
2. An oral ulcer, disregarding the cause.
3. (veterinary medicine) foot-and-mouth disease

Translations