eli5 What’s the difference between oil and juice?

Question

You squeeze olives and get oil but if you squeeze an orange you get juice.
What sets oil and juice apart? Why can’t you get olive juice and orange oil?

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Answer 1

If you want to get really rigorous with the definitions, you might be able to argue that plant oils are “juices” but in general a juice is water-based while oils are organic.

So, apple juice is mostly water with some sugar and whatever mixed in.

Olive oil contains little water and is mostly organic molecules (known as oils).