Difference between Thinner and Turpentine

What is the difference between Thinner and Turpentine?

Thinner as a noun is a liquid substance used to thin the consistency of another liquid. while Turpentine as a noun is a volatile essential oil obtained from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; it is a complex mixture of monoterpenes; it is used as a solvent and paint thinner

Thinner

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A liquid substance used to thin the consistency of another liquid.

Turpentine

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a volatile essential oil obtained from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; it is a complex mixture of monoterpenes; it is used as a solvent and paint thinner

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