Main Difference
The main difference between Solvent and Vehicle is that the Solvent is a substance that dissolves a solute (a chemically different liquid, solid or gas), resulting in a solution and Vehicle is a mobile machine that transports people, animals or cargo
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Solvent
A solvent (from the Latin solvÅ, “loosen, untie, solve”) is a substance that dissolves a solute (a chemically distinct liquid, solid or gas), resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid, a gas, or a supercritical fluid. The quantity of solute that can dissolve in a specific volume of solvent varies with temperature. Common uses for organic solvents are in dry cleaning (e.g. tetrachloroethylene), as paint thinners (e.g. toluene, turpentine), as nail polish removers and glue solvents (acetone, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate), in spot removers (e.g. hexane, petrol ether), in detergents (citrus terpenes) and in perfumes (ethanol). Water is a solvent for polar molecules and the most common solvent used by living things; all the ions and proteins in a cell are dissolved in water within a cell. Solvents find various applications in chemical, pharmaceutical, oil, and gas industries, including in chemical syntheses and purification processes.
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Vehicle
A vehicle (from Latin: vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses), railed vehicles (trains, trams), watercraft (ships, boats), amphibious vehicles (screw-propelled vehicle, hovercraft), aircraft (airplanes, helicopters) and spacecraft.Land vehicles are classified broadly by what is used to apply steering and drive forces against the ground: wheeled, tracked, railed or skied. ISO 3833-1977 is the standard, also internationally used in legislation, for road vehicles types, terms and definitions.
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Solvent (noun)
A liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
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Solvent (noun)
That which resolves.
“a solvent of mystery”
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Solvent (adjective)
Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.
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Solvent (adjective)
Having the power of dissolving; causing solution.
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Vehicle (noun)
A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
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Vehicle (noun)
A medium for expression of talent or views.
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Vehicle (noun)
A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. (FM 55-501).
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Vehicle (noun)
The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
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Vehicle (noun)
An entity to achieve an end.
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Vehicle (noun)
A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
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Vehicle (noun)
An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits
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Vehicle (noun)
a thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, lorry, or cart
“the vehicle was sent skidding across the road”
“a heavy goods vehicle”
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Vehicle (noun)
a thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something
“I use paint as a vehicle for my ideas”
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Vehicle (noun)
a substance that facilitates the use of a drug, pigment, or other material mixed with it
“casein was used as a vehicle for pigments by the medieval painters”
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Vehicle (noun)
a film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage
“a vehicle for a star who was one of Hollywood’s hottest properties”
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Vehicle (noun)
a privately controlled company through which an individual or organization conducts a particular kind of business, especially investment.