JimH wrote:



Repeat after me...........gasoline produces explosive vapors, not
fumes..............gasoline produces explosive vapors, not
fumes...........gasoline produces explosive vapors, not
fumes..............gasoline produces explosive vapors, not fumes.......;-)

JimH, You need to talk to Dictionary.com, the American Heritage
Dictionary and the American Heritage Science Dictionary, they don't seem
to understand the difference between fumes and vapors.

fume /fyum/ P
–noun 1. Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter
or substances, esp. of an odorous or harmful natu tobacco fumes;
noxious fumes of carbon monoxide.

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source fume (fyo-o-m)
Pronunciation Key
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