patrol ~ petrol
[slightly different pronunciation]
“Patrol”, for the right pronunciation, please click here,
as a verb, means ‘to go round a place such as a building, camp, roads or borders of a country, to see in order to control or check any wrongdoings, unlawful activities or entering or leaving of people without proper permission, etc.’, and as a noun, it means ‘the act of patrolling’,
e.g.
The police are patrolling the streets to control the rioters who are disturbing the peace.
There is round-the-clock patrol on our borders to keep the smugglers in check.
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“Petrol”, for the right pronunciation, please click here,
(noun) is ‘a liquid substance used as fuel to run engines of cars, aeroplanes, etc.’,
e.g.
We ran out of petrol and had to push our car to the nearest petrol-station.
Do you think running a diesel car is more economical than running a petrol car?
