different between revhead vs petrolhead

English

Etymology

From rev +? -head (“suffix indicating a fan or enthusiast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

revhead (plural revheads)

1. (Australia, informal) One who takes part in, or enjoys watching motor racing.
   • 2008, Janet Fife-Yeomans, Heath: A Family's Tale, page 14,

     Cars are a religion in Perth, which is still a city of revheads with a bigger membership of car clubs than anywhere else in the country, and Claremont was one of the world?s oldest speedway tracks.

   • 2010, Karen Fischer, Healthy Family, Happy Family, page 40,

     But your seventeen-year-old revhead son would be blown away if you commented on his rims (never call them alloy wheels).

   • 2010, John Kerr, Hit Men, page 193,

     Adelaide?s Crime Stoppers phoneline was pumping: revheads and greenies alike were dobbing in yellow Ford Econovans blowing smoke on the road.

Synonyms

• (participant in or spectator of car racing): petrolhead

Anagrams

• havered

English

Etymology

From petrol +? -head.

Pronunciation

Noun

petrolhead (plural petrolheads)

1. (colloquial) A person who is overly reliant on the use of their car, resisting any suggestion to use other means of transport.
2. (colloquial, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A bogan who is overly fond of their car or motorbike and enjoys showing it off and making noise with it.
   • 2000, Chris Baker, Kokopu Dreams, Huia Publishers, New Zealand, page 87,

     There were four of them, old-style petrolheads, with greasy jeans and leather jackets. Each had a rifle trained on the pair. They looked barely out of their teens.

3. (colloquial, Australia, New Zealand) A person involved in motor racing as either participant or dedicated spectator.
4. (colloquial, Britain) A car enthusiast.
   • 2004, Roger Austin Learmonth, Petrolhead: The Life and Times of a Classic Car Buff, ?ISBN.
   • 2009, Stuart Prebble, Grumpy Old Drivers: The Official Handbook, unnumbered page,

     In the early years it^{[Top Gear]} had been very much a series for people I believe are known by the curiously unappealing term ‘petrolheads’. Since most petrolheads are probably out in the evenings, burning up the rubber or the tarmac or whatever it is that petrolheads do, the show had a fairly limited audience.

Synonyms

• (person overly reliant on use of his/her car):
• (bogan overly fond of his/her vehicle):
• (person involved in motor racing): revhead
• (car enthusiast): motorhead (North American English), gearhead