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Here we just call it gas(oline).
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And gasoline is not oil. Petroleum is from the Greek for 'rock oil', petr-, 'rock' and oleum, 'oil'.
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So let me get this straight... American, petroleum; English, oil; American, gasoline; English, petrol. But what about diesel? And cooking oil? ps Happy March to you also Luke 
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the English word for petroleum uh our word for petroleum is petrol (shortened from petroleum)...we also have diesel...oil is the crude oil resource that you get petrol from... Or cooking oils such as olive oil, sunflower oil etc Both Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries define petroleum as crude oil, with no regional or national distinctions, from which petrol is derived, both as a substance and as a word. I think oil (crude) and petroleum are universally interchangeable, but I might be on a thin limb.
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But gasoline is refined(?) from oil, yes? And plastics
are also a byproduct.
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So let me get this straight...
American, petroleum; English, oil; American, gasoline; English, petrol. But what about diesel? And cooking oil?
Where I live motor oil is used to keep the pistons running.
Gasoline keeps the engine running. Olive Oil is for cooking
and Olive Oyl is Popeye's goil friend.
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haha yes, we have motor oil here as well... diesel is another type of fuel we have
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O yes, we have diesel, mostly used by trucks (lorries).
{How'd you like that, I used a UK term}.
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haha excellent! You are learning English and Aussie! Here's another for you: trousers (pants) and briefs/pants (I don't know the American equivalent - underwear maybe  )
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Shorts, undies, boxers, briefs. Swimming also: trunks.
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